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Westfield's Quarter Millennial Anniversary 

Official Souvenir 




OFFICIAL W ^^ \jM0m^~^ PROGRAM 



Including the Pageant (All Rights Reserved) 

Published in connection with the 250th Anniversary of the Founding of the Town of Westfield, Massachusetts, 
under the supervision of the Souvenir Program Committee, WilHam F. Lyman, Chairman 

Edited by 
EDGAR HOLMES PLUMMER 

Writer and A dvertising Specialist 

"My coutitrymen, these things ought not to be forgotten; for the benefit of our 
children, and those that follow them, they should be recorded in History." — Franklin. 

Published by WESTFIELD'S 250th ANNI\ERSARY ASSOCIATION 

Edgar Holmes Plummer, President Carl E. W. Welcome, Secretary and Treasurer Milton O. T. Coleman, Director 



The Woronoco House 




rlll-^ WDronoco House as it appcarcfl flurinc; the middle of tlic lOtli century. It was later called The Wilmarth House up to 1886, 
liien changing its name to The Park S(|uare Hotel. In 1914 it was remodeled and at the present day it is called The New 
ark Square Hotel. 

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FROM \bv lu'ginning of New En^'Lind's 
ri\ilizati(iii, its biisic unit has been the 
tiiwn. (idiiig hack to the earliest settle- 
nn-nls in colonial limes, when the inherenl hun- 
ger for laud and room drove the immigrants 
out toward the unoccui)ied spaces, it is natural 
to find tli.it the nearness to oni' another of se\-- 
eral families in a particular region was the 
normal coiulition of organizing themselves into 
a civic b()d\' for common defense and for \ari- 
ous aihantages. I'.ach connnunit\' thus created 
was of nei'essit\' \italK' related to the colon>' in 
which it existed, while it continued to utilize 
its resources and develop toward maturity- 

The history of a town concerns, on the one 
hand, a record of the outward manilestations of 
its progress through accumulated \ears, and, 
on the other hand, an anahsis and interpreta- 
tion of its hidden forces — its motixes, purposes, 
and character. Difficult as is the one task 
after the \ears ha\e multiplied to centuries, 
tlu' other is innnensc'K more so, since e\en 
persons who dwell togi'ther in most intimate 
relationshijis are puzzled and battled in attempt- 
ing to understand one another. 




Foreword 



secured to prciiare a historical sketch for the 
Sou\enir Program of the town's (|uarter millen- 
nial celebration. 

I'roni il> earliest years W'estfield has taken 
a deip interi-st in the education of youth, and 
during nearly half of its corporate life it has 
held among the towns of the ("ommonwealth 
,1 proniiniiit place in that field of essential 
importance. The o]K"ning of the Academy on 
ihe first (la\' of the nineteenth centur\' and 
the coming of the State Normal School about 
four decades later, proxided ample facilities not 
(inly fill' tin- achaniage of the \-oung (K'ople of 
llu- town, but also for pupilsdrawn from regions 
near and far, even beyond the boundaries of 
Mas-achusetts. 

F(jr more than a (juarter of a century past 
thi- High School, with re\enue supplemented by 
the amuud income of the W'estt'ield Academx' 
I'und, has maintained a reputation for superla- 
tive excellence, while its loft\- standard has 
necessariK" e.\erted an ele\aling influence upon 
the subordinate schools of the town. 

Inuring periods of war, from the years 
when Indi.m sa\ages menacetl the infant settle- 



The annals of W'estfield, from its estal)lishment in 1669, have ment to the present, when tlu' world's civilization was menaced 



not lacked diligent and devoted modern students who, with no 
incentive or prospect of material compensation, ha\e spent la\ishly 
strength, faculties, and time in patient research. .Among them 
three names stand out in bold relii'f: Joseph D. Bartlett, Henr\- 
1 liilland, ,ind Louis Mariiuis DeweN', of whom only the last still sur- 
\ i\i's to continiK' his imselfish labors and to furnish an eager i)ublic 
interesting (k'tails thereof. We ma\' well felicit.ite ourseKes that one 
so eminentK' (|ualitied for the t.isk as is Mr. Dewey has been 



b\ a foe even more unscrupulous and fiendish, W'estfield has made 
un>tinled offerings of lu^r manhoixl and her treasure for the 
defense and maintenance of the public welfare. Heroes on many 
martial fields and officers who ha\e reached positions of exalted 
rank ,uid et'licient service ha\e shed glorious luster uiK)n our town 
escutcheon. 

In |)ursuit> of peace we h.ixc nurtured successive generations of 
men of marked abilil\- in profession, il and mercantile callings, with 



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naiiy possessing a genius for invention and for tlie manufacture 
)f varied products. 

The social life of the town has been distinctively democratic — 
•lass divisions and prejudices being commonly ignored in a spirit 
)f kindly fellowship. Family ties are so strong and affection for 
he home region is so deep and durable, that those who, from time 
o time, have found occasion to transfer their residence elsewhere 
lever lose the sense of kinship with the place of their childhood, 
ilcnce, the coming anniversary will press its appeal close to multi- 
udes of hearts in the call of the old home to share its hospitality 
ind its festivities at that significant epoch of its history. 

Illustrious as our past has been, we need, nevertheless, not to 
look backward to find our golden age, but let us fix eye and purpose 
upon the future, to insure more worthy lives and more honorable 
achievements than such as hitherto have marked the career of our 
beloved town. 

John H. Lock wood. 

Pastor Emeritus of the First 

Church of Christ of Wcstjield. 

Author of a History of Westfield in two volumes nearly ready for the press. 



IN ])lacing this \()lumc befori' the public, the editor and associates 
desire to express their gratitude for the kindly encouragement and 
the more than liberal support the\- ha\e received from the people of 
Westfield. A work of such magnitude as this, one involving such a 
great amount of detail labor, could not well be prepared without tlie 
generous assistance, the heart>' co-operation of a large portion of tlie 



conimunit)' ; and that such aid has been given us, togetiier with a gener- 
ally expressed approval of our undertaking, we gladly put upon record. 

In addition to much other valuable assistance that has been re- 
ceived, many important papers have been prepared for us, and they 
present a fairly complete resume of the history of the town's various 
institutions. 

The scholarly contributions of Rev. John H. Lockwood, Louis M. 
Dewey, George H. Lewis, Joseph C. Duport, Frances Fowler, Lewis B. 
AlKn, Herbert \V. Kittredgc, the late Sarah M. Kneil, and many 
others will receive the appro\al of all who are interested in Westfield 's 
history, and they will serve as an invaluable basis for work of the 
future historian. 

To William F. Lyman, Louis M. Dewey, Mrs. Charles F. Austin, 
Edward Clark, Freeman Wood, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Kneil, and 
many others, we are indebted for most of the illustrations we have used. 
The typographical and artistic features of the volume speak for them- 
selves; it being our constant aim to secure the best available work, 
and we hope that our efforts will rccci\'e the approbation of the puiilic. 

In undertaking the com[)iling of this book it has been our aim to 
make it a publication that would be pleasing not only to the present 
generation but to the generations to come as well. We believe we 
have placed before the people of Westfield an interesting book, faith- 
fully recorded in photos and words, of all the familiar scenes of years 
ago, also the scenes of our boys and girls of to-day, and as time rolls 
on, bearing with it the many changes in scenes and destiny, this work 
will be of priceless value to those who have sentiment for the old town, 
the scenes of their childhood, and tlie many other familiar landmarks so 
dear to all Westfield peojile. Edgar Holmes Plummer. 



An Authentic History of Westfield, Massachusetts 







Hv I.oris M. Dkwf.v 





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WESTFIP:I.I), the Ouecn of the Woronoco Valley, one of the 
historic towns of New Englantl, settled only a few years after 
the institution of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay at Boston 
in 1630, lies 108 miles west of "The Hub of the Universe," 
from which fact it was given its name. It remained a frontier town 
lor over sixty years and was the military base for expeditions to the 
west and north. A garrison of thirty troopers of the old-time forma- 
tion was stationed here. The town sufTercd during the jx-rilous 
times of the Indian wars by ha\ing some people killed and build- 
ings burned, ("lame of all kinds was so plentiful that the aborigines 
called the place W'au-wau-nock-oo, which means "it is fat hunting." 
The rich meadow lands and uplands covered with prime\al 
lorests made the place, from the start, one of the most prosperous 
in the colons' and it became a town soon after its settlement. Natural 
mill sites were at once utilized for the manufacture of lumber and 
Hour, also some iron ore was discovered. 



Unlike most settlements made in one village, Westfield had three; 
one on the Fort side, now Main street, had a meeting house and 
became the seat of go\irnmeiil and business and remained such 
until after ISOO. W'iien the third meeting house was erected on "the 
(ireen" in 1805, ci\ilized acti\ities soon gathered around the square. 
The opening of the Western Railroad (now the Boston and .Albany) 
in 1841 made Kim street the main thcjroughfare and left old Main 
street on the side. 

The standard of education has i)een high since Westheld .Academy 
was opened in 1800 and began st-nding graduates all o\er the world. 
The second normal school opened in America, in 18.?9, was ino\ed 
here five years later and has had an elevating influence upon the 
town ever since. 

The opening of the canal to New Haven in 18.W gave the town 
access to the markets of the world and manufacturing in various 
lines began to flourish. 



Wcstficld has always been dimocratic in spirit and patriotic 
n action, haxiiii; fiiniishcd troojis and suijplies for every national 
md world-wide crisis, and her sons have died on every important 
Ml lie field in the nation's history. The fighting 26th Yankee Di\i- 
ion of world-wide fame was organized here in August and Septem- 
ler, 1917. 

This is a convenient shipping point in all directions, being a 
unction of tlie Boston and Albany and the New York, New Haven 
uul Hartford railroads; 108 miles from Boston, and 120 miles from 
New York. Rapid trolley scr\ice takes the tra\eler to the suburbs 
ind surrounding places contributory to our well-being. 

Many literary, social, fraternal, and religious organizations, 
well-paved streets, and shaded walks tend to make the "Whip City" 
uul "Pure Food Town" the "Garden Spot of the Lord." 




Alquat, S.\chf,m of V\()R0N0.\K .\nd Pojasslck 



MANY generations ago, where you now sit, circled with all that 
exalts and embellishes civilized life, the rank thistle nodded in 
the wind, and the wild fox dug his hole unseated. Here li\ed and 
loxed another race of beings. Beneath the same sun that rolls over 
your heads, the Indian hunter pursued the panting deer; gazing on 
the same moon that smiles for you, the Indian lover wooed his dusky 
mate. 

Here the wigwam blaze beamed on the tender and helpless, the 
council fire glared on the wise and daring. Now they dipped their 
noble limbs in your sedgy lakes, and now they paddled the light canoe 
along your rocky shores. Here they warred; the echoing whoop, the 
bloody grapple, the defying death-song, all were here; and when the 
tiger strife was over, here curled the smoke of peace. 

Here, too, they worshiped; and from many a dark bosom went up a 
pure prayer to the Great Spirit. He had not written his laws for them 
on tables of stone, but he had traced them on the tables of their hearts. 
The poor child of nature knew not the God of revelation, but the God 
of the universe he acknowledged in everything around. 

He beheld him in the star that sunk in beauty behind his lonely 
dwelling; in the sacred orb that flamed on him from his midday 
throne; in the flower that swa>ed in the morning breeze; in the 
lofty pine, that defied a thousand whirlwinds; in the timid warbler, 
that never left its native grove; in the fearless eagle, whose untired 
pinion was wet in clouds; in the worm that crawled at his feet; and 
in his own matchless form, glowing with a spark of that light to 
whose mysterious source he bent, in humble, though blind, adoration. 

And all this has passed away. Across the ocean came a pilgrim 
bark, bearing the seeds of life and death. The former were sown for 
you; the latter sprang up in the path of the simple native. Two 
hundred years have changed the character of a great continent, and 
blotted forever from its face a whole peculiar people. Art has usurped 
the bowers of nature, and the children of education have been too 
powerful for the tribes of the ignorant. 



Chronology of Westfield 

Louis M. Dkwkv 
Copyrinhud, 1<)(15, '111, M'), L. M. D. 



INTRODUCTION 

1620. I'Kiiioutli, Mass., was settled December 21. 

I6,i(). Dorchester and Boston were settled in May. 

16.^5-6. Windsor, Hartford, and W'ethersfield, Conn., and Springfield. 
Mass., were settled. 

16.W-40. Trading houses at Woronoke (Little River District) were 
established by Connecticut parties as they then claimed jurisdic- 
tion until a new survey showed the place to be in Massachusetts, 
and it was ordered that Woronoke be a part of Springfield, 
November 11, 1647. 

So this place has been in two towns, Springfield and Westfield ; 
three counties, Hartford, Conn., Hampshire and Hampden. 
Mass.; two colonies, Massachusetts and Connecticut, and two 
nations. Great Britain and the United States of America. 

1658. First permanent grant of land was gi\en December 4 on .^M) 
acres, now Union street district, to Ensign Thomas Cooper. 

1660 1. The second grant (east of Cooper's barn) (Sibley farm) was 
made March 13 to Deacon Samuel Chapin. 

1662. Hampshire county was formed in the spring. A country 
road from Northampton to Wiiuisor was laid out, running 
through Springdale and Little River District. 

Fifteen persons of Dorchester and Windsor petitioned for 
land at Woronoke. Major Humphrey Atherton and Capt. 
Roger Clapp had taken up farms at Pochassic before. 



166.?. George Saxton of Windsor l)i)ught land of Cooper, in June, a 
little east of where Homer Bush lives; in November Walter Lee of 
Northampton bought lanrl of Coojier, the first lot west of the 
country road al Springdale; on ()('tol)er 11, 1664, John Sackett 
of Northampton bought Chapin's grant. 
These three men were the very first settlers. 

1664-5. l-'eb. 2. A settling committee was chosen to order matters at 
Woronoke. 

1666. First allotment of land was made to eighteen men. 

In November a meeting at "Streamfield" was called l)\- the 
committee. 

The first white child, Benjamin Sexton, was born. 

1667. In DecembtT honulots were laid out on Union street, the I'ort 
side (Main street), and lots in Fort meadow (Meadow street) in 
March; also homelots on South side (Little River roaii) laid out, 
and West in the South side meadow (now East Main street). 

1667-8. Grants were coiitirmcd, January Otli, to George Phelps, 
Isaac Phelps, Thomas Noble, David Ashley, Rev. John Hoi- 
yoke, the minister, John Ponder, and Hugh Dudley on Fort side 
(Main street); Capt. .\aron Cook, Mr. James Cornish, Thomas 
Dewc\', Joiin Osborn. .nid Jolin Ingersoll on South side (Little 
River street), to be sciilid willi families by November 10, 1668. 

Thomas Gun, John Williams, .\mbrosc Fowler, Jonathan .Xi- 
ford, bought in tiie Cooper tract. 

John Ponder, Thomas Gun, John Root, Thomas Root, George 
Tyler, Joseph Whiting, had homelots on south side of Main 
street, wt-st of Dudley's lot. 



In March Union street was laid out, also Capt. Aaron Cook 
opened the first tavern on Little River street. 

1668. Inhabitants voted to look for a minister and Moses Fisk was 
chosen, August" 11. Minister's house was built in November. 

1668-9. A meeting house to be built on present Main street. January 
21, Joseph Whiting, the first'merchant, was granted land. Land 
on Cellar side (I'nion street) was confirmed to the settlers there. 

Springfield granted most of the land on the west side of Pauca- 
tuck brook to the new town and arranged for the election of 
officers, February 2. 

First meeting of the proprietors of land on the Fort side to lay 
out their allotments was held March 18. Land south of Silver 
street was divided into First and Second divisions of plowland 
and meadow division. Thomas Gunn had first lot next west of 
Little River. 

Sackett's creek was granted, March 19, to Mr. Whiting and 
Dav'id Ashley to set a corn mill. (This mill pro\ed unsuccessful 
on accou n t of sandy soi 1 . ) 

A TOWN INCORPORATED 

1669. The General Court of Massachusetts authorized a town at 
Woronoke, alias Streamficld, to be known as "The Town of West- 
field," May 19. Up to this time only about two-thirds of the 
land between Pine Hill and the rivers had been purchased from 
the Indians, until on June ,5, 1669, several hundred acres of land 
west of Elm street were purchased for forty pounds from "Al<|ual 
the Indian Sachem of Woronoke and Pojassick." 



"There being a motion made to this Court in behalfe of the 
inhalntants at Woronoke, belonging to Springfeild, that they 
may be a touneship of themselves, Springfeild being willing 
thereto, as appears pr coppy of an order of that toune, under their 
record''s hand, w*^'' remajnes on file, this Court judeth it meete to 
grant them to be a touneship, and allowes them, according as 
other tounes, all priviledges, and that the sajd toune be called 
Westfeild." 

The House of Deputies endorsed the act 28 May 1669 old style. 

Samuel Taylor, the smith, and Josiah Dewey, a carpenter, were 
granted homelots on South street in September. 

John Root was first town clerk and James Cornish was first 
justice allowed in September, 1669. 






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WESTFIELD'S CHARTER 

at Boston, 19th 



"Att a General Court of l-.lection, helc 
1669. 



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John Root IHmhstone 

1670. James Cornish and Joseph Whiting were elected selectmen. 
(Some of the early records for 1669-70 are missing.) A burying 




IhMnKicAi. Map of Westiikld 
Ccii)\iis>liiccl, 1905 



place was prohahly provkkd for at this time. (Now east of 
Mecluinic street.) 

Ill December, Jedediah Dewey was granted a homelot between 
Conner's Bookstore and P.irkg ^Ijlock, extending west of Hampden 
street. 

The town was laid out in September, five miles wide at north 
rnd, nine miles long southwest, and four miles wide at south end. 
In this tract the country road covered about three stjuare miles 
and two more sc|uarc miles were covered by the farms of .Atherton 
aiul Clapp at Pochassic, on both sides of the river. 

C.eorge Coulton was the deputy from Springfield for this term. 

1 (i7 1 . .A highway was laid out at the upper enti of H undred acres. 

Rev. Moses Fisk had succeeded Rev. John Holyoke and 
l)reached here three years up to November, 1671, when Thomas 
Dewey went to "the Bay," obtained Rev. Edward Taylor, and 
returned on horseback on the first of December. 

1()7_'. March 26. First Court consisted of Capt. Aaron Cook, Mr. 
Joseph Whiting, and George Phelps, who were "to end small 
causes." At this time Hugh Dudley and wife, Elizabeth Cooke 
and Mary Fowler, of Westfield, were before the court for being 
extravagant ,uid wearing silk in a Haunting manner. 

This year saw the completion of the first successful mill on 
Two-mile brook, in Little River district, by Joseph Whiting and 
Thomas, Josiah, and Jedediah Dewey. They were to have the 
twelfth part of the corn they ground. 

A meeting house, thirty-six feet square by fourteen feet high 
and in form like the one at Hatfield, was also built. 

Joseph Whiting, Deacon Thomas Hanchet. John Root, John 
Sackett, and Aaron Cook were the building committee. It was 
located on Main street near present Little Ri\er iiridge in March, 
1672. A bridge was also placed over Two mile lnook. now 
Great Brook, Little Ri\er district. 



Fences were made up by March, 1676; the minister's salary was 
£60. Josiah Dewey built the minister's house and was paid m 
land, February, 1676. 

The population at this time was about 150. 

1673. Highway to Springfield la'd out. 




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KING PHILIP'S WAR 

1()75 0. CoiiHicts at XorthfRld <ui(l "BIchkIv Urook," DtirlieUl, Si'p- 
to 111 her, 1675. 

Major Treat with Connecticut troops moved down to West- 
field. Started for Springtield October 4, 1675. Sjiringfield was 
burned next day with the troops from here on tiie west side of thi> 
ri\er unable to cross and prevent it. 

Three Springfield men were killed here prosijeiling tor iron ore, 
"in the first assault the Indians made here." 

James Cornish's house and John Sackett's barn were burned 
October 27, 1675, "being the first snowy day of winter." George 
Granger was wounded in the leg. On a Sunday Ambrose Fowler's 
house and barn were burned and a week later Walter Lee's barn. 

A scout was sent out on "ye last snowy day" of winter. Ten 
or twelve men rode upon the enemy and Moses Cook, an inhabit- 
ant, and Clemence Bates, a soldier, lost their li\es. 

Inhabitants were now impoverished and ready to leave the 
settlement. Of nine church members, four did remove. 

The winter of 1675-6 was mild, and leaving a garrison of 
thirt\- here, the troops departed for the eastern part of the colony. 

1676. March 20. The General Court ordered the concentration of 
the iiihal)itants, at Springfield, for better jirotection. 

April 3. Westfield people protested in a letter and decided to 
remain at home. 

Nine men from here, including John Lee anrl John Munn, were 
in the fight at Turners Falls, May 17, where three of our garrison 
fell. Capt . Benjamin Xewberry with eighty-one men from Connec- 
ticut was sent to the rescue, and left three men here to take the 
place of the three killed above. 

Edward Bartlett of Windsor was killed here in 1676. 

Major Talcot, after the death of King Philip, August 12, 1676. 
came here to cut off the retreat of the Indians westward. A trail 



of two liinulred was discovered; they were o\-ertaki-n and routi-d 
in the present limitsof Great Barringlim. This ended their opera- 
tions here. 

Comparative (luiet ensueri for o\er a \ear until in the .lulumn 
of 1677 a [jarl\' of fift\' Indians from Canada m:i'U' a descent on 
Deerfield, and took many capti\er^, which caused the order lor 
"Compact I )\\i'lling" to be issued, \o\enil)er 19, 1677. 

Westfield people were to concentrate between Main street, 
present Cross street, and Fast SiKer street, making thL- "town i)lot" 
about two miles in circumference. Thomas Dewey on Little 
River road and Ambrose Fowler on I'nion street were allowed to 
remain in their houses if they kept five or six men as a garrison. 

Daniel Denton, the first school teacher, was allowed land aii<l 
fifteen pounds for teaching, one-third to !»■ p.iid in wheat. Tiu- 
town was to make up what the scholars did imi jiay. 

1677. John Moscly.of Windsor, bought Joseph Whiting's property, 
now 1.^8 Main street. 

The seats in the meeting house were allotted according to 
ilignit\- in January, 1678-9. Seats were paid for by the town 
for those that did not pa>' themselves. 

1679. f-'irst Church was organized, August 27. by Rev. Kdward 
Ta\ lor, Lieut. John Mosely. Ensign Samuel Loomis, Sergeant 
Josiah Dewe\-, John Root, Isaac Phelps, and John Ingersoll. 
The drum was beaten to call people to worship. 

1679-80. In January, James Cornish, then school teacher, made a 
record of the grants of land in town, except the "new model of 
homelots." 

The boundaries of the town were measured in February, 1685 6. 
In June, 1686, James Cornish recci\-cd a deed of land, now 
Granville, from the Indian captain Toto. 



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1687. In December, ten pounds were voted for town expenses, 
tweKe pounds for town charges. 

1688. Pochassic mill pond was granteti in May. 

1690. Town voted to take an account of stock and record all high- 
ways. 

1692. There was a great flood which formed the town island in West- 
field river. There were also freciucnt floods as late as 1878. 

ICO;;. In September, encouragement was giv-en for the setting up of 
a bloomery to smelt iron ore. Rosin, turpentine, tar, and bricks 
were also products at this time. 

1696. First playground, "a place to play goal." 

1697. In February, town voted to build a gallery on the meeting 
house. 

In November, site of Great River mill was granted. 




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1700. November 1. A schoolhouse was built, eighteen feet square, 
near the first meeting house. About this time. Main street was 
extended east over Little River, and means were used to change 
the course of the ri\'er east to prevent further encroachment 
on old South street. 

1701. June 4. Common land was divided between Westfield and 
Northampton. 

1702. March 24. Crane's lower mill site was granted to Joseph 
Mosely and others. 

\'0?i. In June, town bounds with Suffield were established. 

In August, the town voted to purchase of the Indians all the 
common land not already purchased. 

1704. In June, the following houses had been forted and were to have 
garrisons and be free for refuge in case of attack: Mr. Taylor's 
on Main street; Stephen Kellogg's on East Silver street; Con- 
sider Mosely's, Little River road; John Sackett's; John Noble's; 
and Thomas Root's. Houses were again forted in 1712. 

1710. December 28. Bounds between the town and Pochassic farms 
were established. 

1713. Land was granted to Westfield by General Court. 

1714. Colored slaves in town until as late as 1780. 

1721. New meeting house (eastern corner of Main and Meadow 
streets) occupied. 

Town now had 50,000 pounds in bank money at five per cent. 
October 11. F"ive shillings were voted toward a court house at 
Springfield. 

1722. In the spring, there was an epidemic of smallpox. 
1724. In November, first Grammar School was opened. 



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172S. A l)cll was l)(iUL;lit foi' tin- mccliii.n linuse. 

1732-4. Thr "niiter coniinons" and llic "inner commons" were 
di\i(le(l. 

17,V?. ShelTu'Id, Mass., was incorporated with man>- settlers from 
WVstfield. 

1 ~.r\. Sinisliur\' road was laid out down through Southwick. 

17.^5. Road to Sheffield (Great Barriiigton) was laifl out (\ia Court 
street and Western a\enue). 

1737. The "New Addition," 6,000 acres, of land including Russell 
and most of Montgomery, was granted by the deneral Court, 
December 1. 

William Shepard was born No\-ember 20. O. S. 

1747. The town was again "forted" and a scout employed. 

17.V?. Brick schooihouse was built on Main street. 

Great River bridge was relniilt by subscription and a bridge was 
also built over Little Ri\er (Main street). A "Separate Church" 
wasorganized and buill on South street. 

1755. On September 8, three Westfield men in the Crown PoinI 
expedition, Capt. Jonathan Ingersoll, Maj. Noah Ashley, and 
Richard Campbell, were killed at the battle or massacre at Lake 
George, New \'ork. 

The first brick house in town was buill at Pochassic. 

Po]iul,iti(in at this time was 157 families or about 1 ,100 peo[il;'. 

1758. lull. ibil, nils of the south [larl of the town (later Southwick) 
]ietili(incd lo be set off as a separati' district. 

1759. riu' pound was moxcd to the site of the first meeting house. 




KOVVLER r.WHRN, Bcil.T IT.S.i, 171 .MaIN STREET 



1765. The Stamp Act was passed by England in March. 

First census of Massachusetts taken show's for Westfield: 191 
houses, 195 families, 1324 souls, 41 being negroes — this town 
being the second largest in old Hampshire county, which then 
included the three present valley counties. 

1770. Boston Massacre occurred March 5. 

Southwick w.is made a district. 

1773. August 16. Congregational Church in St)Uthwick was organ- 
ized. 



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774. lunc 7. f.eneral .■\pscml)l>' of Conncrtiriit approprialecl one- 
iliinl dT Sdullnvirk iiicludini; W anuTtown now in West Siiftielcl. 

775. August 23. Soutliwick was made a town. 

April 20. A company of minute men 70 strong marched for 
Boston under Lieut. John Shepard. 

Battle of Bunker Hill June 17. Some Westfield men were 
there, and also in the Canadian i-\pedition the next winter liefore 

( )llcl)C(". 




Inhabitants in the north part of the townjpetitioned several 
times to be set off as a district. Westfield men were in the engage- 
ments around New York City and all other important localities. 




HoNO.i.VULE El,DAL> TaVI.OR 



GiiN. Wakiiam Parks' Mocse, 24 Union Street, Birned aboit 1S74 



776. July 4. Declaration of Independence was signed at Phila- 
deljjhia. 

Long Island operation of .Nmcrican .\rmy. 

General Shepard held the British jjack at Pell's Point, \. Y., 
and saved the Continental Army, September, 1776. 



Honorable Eldad Ta>'lor, son of Re\-. Edward and Ruth (Wyllis) 
Taylor, was born April 10, 17().S, and died at Boston, Ma>- 21, 1777, 
aged 69 years. He li\ed on Main street, now number 180, and be- 
came a prominent man in the town and state. He was selectman 
at least eleven years, 1733-75; treasurer, 1731-2; clerk, 1747-77 ; 



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deacon, 1741-77; frequently representative to Boston; Justice 1787. (icn. William Shepard dispersed insurgents under Danie 
of the Peace: nu-inlier of "The Council," which acted ;is the Sii.iys Ixfurc llic arsenal in Sjjrini^field in Januar\-. 

executive of liie I'loxiiux- iif Massachusetts Bay, 1775 Ml; and 

connected willi otlu-r alhiirs of tlu' tnwn which wcir iif \ilal ini- 17SS. In januar\-. the town oljjt-rlt'd Id iIr- Constitution of Hk 
portance. Cnited Stales hut Massachusetts adopted il Feliruary 6, 1788. 

Many of his descendants ln'canie pniniiiu'nl and lived to old 

age. 1790. Mrst V. S. census slunved 248 families or 2,224 pri)i)lr here. 

1777. .\ui;usl U). Baltic of Henniniiton, Virinont, caused alarm and ' '^'" ■ There was a ferry boat at (".nat River crossini;, Ivlm street. 
the nishint; of troops to the scene. 

BuiKovne surrendered, October 17. at Saratoga, N. Y.; later '^''-- •'■^■t'ruary 25. Russell wa. incorporand as a town, 
some of his troops inissed through town as prisoners of war. ''""^^■" fl"'"'''^ ;i"<>"ed ; named Tekoa Park in 1919. 

1779. (VtolK-r 6. Part of Westficld was annexed to Sonthwick. ' ''''^- ■^" •"""•"^' I'l'"' "1 'li'' t""" ^^as made. 

1780. OnMay 25, the town accepted most f)f the state constirnti,,n of ' ' '"' ^^''-i I"'''! Academy was chartere.l. It was opened in 1800 

Massachusetts. "" ''"'"•"' ^^''^'^'t- 

Septemlier 4. John Hancock was elected first governor of the ,-,,- .,-, , r i . r ■ ^■ 

' -" ^ 1<9/. I he tow n did nr)t favor vaccmation. 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 

A cotton mill was installed near Great River bridge; it was 1798. The acadenn bell was rimg at nine o'clock at night, 
burned in 1820. 

May 28. Montgomery was incorporated. 1800. The niw Creat River bridge was made a loll bridge. 

October 19. James Ashley, Jared Noble, and Rogers were 

killed in the defeat of Col. John Brown at Stone Arabia, \. V. l'"^"-- March ,^. .Northwest corner of Ferding Hills was set oil 1 

West Springlii-ld (now .Ag.twam). 

1781. Cornw.dlis siirn-ndered at \'orklown, \'a., October 19, pracMi- 
callv endintr the Rev olutionarv war 18(l,i. Second nurting house at Main and .Muadow streets burniil. 

1783. Westfield celebrated the return of peace in the autunni, having 1805. Thinl m.etiiig house was built on Broad street, 

contributed $50,000 to carry on the war. 

/"y'Lf T .' ^ ,\ .^XTi'/t lU^-i^^^.^^ li/-~\^--L-^.^u^i ■ 1811. In Ma\-, permission w.is granted to erect 'hay scales near "I 

1786. Second Baptist Church was started in June; became the First ( ireen. 

in Russell in 1792. .\ gim house was erected on Main street near White street. 

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1812. February 25. Hampden County was set off from old Hamp- 
shire. 

On November 12, time of annual town meeting was changed 
from first Monday in April to second Monday in March. It was 
changed to first Monday in March in 1919. 

Meeting house bell was tolled after the death of any person. 

The War of 1812 was unpopular in New England. Few troops 
were furnished for anything except self-defense. 

A company was raised at Westfield under Capt. A. G. Phelps 
to help Governor Strong and served at Boston in 1814. 

1816. There were frost every month of the summer, severe drought, 
and very small crops. 

The Ministerial Fund of the Town of Westfield was incorporated. 

1817. November 16. Gen. William Shepard, the town's most famous 
son, died on Shepard street. 

1819. November 13. First Sunday School opened. 

1820. Hon. Samuel Fowler gave the site for the present town hall. 
The building was erected in 1837 for a town hall and high school. 

1823. The town voted to furnish stoves for the meeting house, the 
moderator casting the deciding vote. 

1824. The first newspaper published in town was the Hampden 
Register. 

School tcachers.were examined before being allowed to teach. 

Seventy-fiv-e cents was a day's pay for work on the highways 
from March to September and fifty-eight cents for the other six 
months. 




Reverend Emerson D.wis 

Reverend Emerson Davis was born in \^"are, Massachusetts, 
graduating from Williams College in 1821; preceptor of Westfield 
Academy; tutor at Williams College; pastor of the First Congre- 
gational Church, 1835-66; memlier of first State Board of Edu- 
cation and instrumental in getting the State Normal School 
located in Westfield in 1844. He was a remarkable man in society 
and educational activities and was loved by every Westfield 
citizen of his time. While pastor at the First Church he lived 
in the parsonage which stood where Hamilton and Atwater's 
store stands to-da>-. 

1825. The town's system of finance was revised and the old burying 
ground was enlarged. New lots were sold at auction. 

Hampden Bank was organized, which became a national bank 
in 1865. 



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\S<2(). R(uii;li and RcjkIn' fiif company was organized. 

1.S27. C'an.i! Inmi New IlaxfU north was l)fjjan. It w as opciud to 
Main sln^i-t in IS.iO ami opt-ratcil <ili(_)iit scwntcrn xcars. 

1829. Methodist meeting house was erected at Miindale (liieti Hoop- 
pole). 

!"irst Congregational (liurch Society was sejiaratcd Irom the 
town. 

First boat was lainiched in town, the canal lioat, "(ieneral 
Sheridan." 

18^1). Experiment ot burning coal l)roiight by canal Irom New Ha\cn 
given up as too expensive, wath wood at SI. 50 a cord. 

18.^2. There was a serious choler.i e|)i(li-mic. 
Names were gi\en to the streets. 

18.U. ['"irst map of the town was published complying with the slate 
law passed in 1831. 

Suction tire engine was purchased. 

Mechanic street was laid out, the first to be opened for small 
residences. 

ISi.S. \\\>tlield Cireen was located and fi'iiced. 

\SM. Town \oted S3, 000 for a new town house and high school in 
April. I'irst firemi'n appointed to care for apparatus. 

Boundary dispute with Southwick settled. 

The Surplus Fund, the town's share in the I'. S. Hank, was 
used for the support of the common schools of the town. 

1830. Bad tlood, water coxering the dreen. 

1840. Manufacture of cigars and plug tobacco was started in town. 



1841. First train on the Western Railroari (now the Boston and 
Albany) went through to Chester. 
Washington street oixncd. 
Town hum |)urchased. 
Pine Hill Ci'melery opened. 




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Town H.\ix .\ni) Thikii Mketinc. House 



1842. "Hoopijole." changed to West P.uish. 

Brick yard was opened south of Great Ri\er near tht' canal 
aqueduct. 



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144. State Xormal School was transferred to Westficld, having been 1859. Park and Tree Association was organized, 
opened at Barre in 1830. It is the second oldest in America. 

William A. Johnson began to make church organs at 27.> Kim ''^''"- '^^''^ " '^•'" ^^'^^ repaired, stone steps built, and gas put in. 
street. 



!45. W'oronoco Lodge, I. O. O. F., instituted. 



1861-2. Kle\en gas street lamps were installed. 
Fire department was established. 



ISCil 65. ("i\il war activities. Town furnished more than 575 men, 
66 ne\er came back. 



552-3. The canal was purchased by the Hampden Railroad, and 
Northampton and Westfield Railroad. The two railroads were 

chartered and combine<l. Line opened two years later. Station , ^^,3 ^-^^^ National Bank, the first in the state, incorporated, having 

been organized in 186.^. 



'-outh of Main street. 

Two fire engine companies now in town, "Rough and Ready" 
and "Bav State." 



^54. H. B. Smith and Co. began business on Main street. 

^55. St. Mary's Cemetery was laid out on Northampton mad. 
Telegraph office was opened in railroad station. 
A high school was established in the town hall. 

^56. Mount Moriah Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, 
was instituted. 

S57. .A new academ\- building of brick wa>buill. The old wooden 
building known as East Hall became the rear ell until burned in 
November, 1800. Town bought the buildings in 1867 and mo\ed 
the high school from the town hall into them. 

Mr. Abner dibbs became [)rinci|)al and held the position until 
his death. 



1866. Young Men's Christian Association organized; later building 
on I^lm street, dedicated September 29, 1901. 

1867. Building for Atheneum presented by Hiram Harrison opened, 
1868, at 26 Main street. 

1868. Crane Brothers began making paper on Mill street, having 
bought out Jere Horton. 

1869. First police ofScers were appointed. 

Town clock was set in spire of First Congregational Church. 

Town celebrated Bicentennial of its incorporation, October 6, 
ju.st after having Ijeen flooded by Great River breaking through 
its dike and causing damage of $60,000. 

I(S71. Ma\' 30. Soldiers' Monument was dedicated. 
A steam fire engine was procured. 
Westfield and Holyoke steam railroad was opened. 



858. Brick sidewalks were built from the Green to Great River 
bridge, also on north side of School street, and south side of 

Main street to the r.illroad. First tar walk was laid south from 1873. Board of Water Commissioners was appointed. Montgomery 
Great Ri\er bridge about 1860. Water Works were completed following year. 



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1874. Normal School boarding house was oimmiciI on \V,isIiiii.i;t(m 
street. Now "The Alcjuat." 

1878. Great flood, nerenihcr in, with damaRL- of 810(1,000. 



drade crossings of N. Y., \. H. & H. railroad at h'Am and 
Orange streets were abolished and iron bridges erected. 

ICasl Hall, the old academy jjart of High School, burned, Xovem- 
bcr 10. .\ business course was introduced. 



1879-80. New dike, dam, and bridge were built over Creat River, at u^,;,. June 21). I'resenl .\oinial ScIum.I building on Court street 

dedicated. 

Grade crossings at Ghapel, Thomas, Main, and Silver streets 



Elm street. 
1880. 'relcphdiKs were introduced in town 



1881. Memorial Day niiide a holida\' in Massachusetts. 
Westfield Co-operative Bank was chartered. 

1883. Abner Gibbs, jirincipal of the High School, died. 

1884. Free text-books for schools granted. 

1886. Town was first lightid by electricity. 

District Court for Western Hampden was created. 
Labor Day made a holiday in Massachusetts. Cclebralid in 
Westfield by labor parade and picnic. 

1888. Great blizzard, March 1 1 , which was town-nucting tlay. 
Free mail deli\ery system was introduced. 

1889. New sewage system l)egun. Gamewell fire alarm system was 
established. 

First superintendent of schools was appointed. 

1890. Old third meeting house binned in I'eiiruary. 
., Australian ballot was introduced in elections. 

Woronoco Street Railway- was organized. 



were abolisheil. 
1S9.V First Board of Health chosen. 

1<S94. WOronoco Park opened in July. 

1895. Horse cars were changed to electric and the two street railway 
companies combini'd. 

1896. Gradi' crossing of Boston ami .Miiany railroad at North Flm 
sti'i'et elimin.ited. De|)ot s(|iiare l.iid out . 

Old co\ered, wooden count\- liridge built in 1864, at Little Ki\ei 
district, burned, but was replaced the ne.xt year by the prescn 
steel striKturi'. 

Board ot Trade organized. 

1897. Noble Hospital dedicated. 
Present systeiu of storm sewers was adopted. 

1898. New iron bridgt' on Main ^treet. (i\er Little Ri\er, built t( 
rejilace the old iron bridge that had served for about forty ye.ir- 
and which lor the first twenty years was the only iron struct hi 
of I he kind in town. 

.\>liKy stri'ct schdul .ind thst tciwii kinderg.irti'ii was opened 
I'oiH' men in '^paiii^h war; two died. 



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1899. Graiivilk' water system first used. 
Electric cars first run to Springfield. 
Town hougin Weslfuld (jas and Electric plant. 
Shurtleft mission was opened. 

1902. President Roosevelt was present at the Normal School com- 
mencement. 

Eirst town almoner was ap|)ointed. 
Rund free delivery of mail was begun. 

1903. June 11. Electric cars were run to Hampton Pontls and 
Holyoke. 

Dickinson Hall was opened on King street. 

1904. Aged People's Home formally opened on Silver street, in .\pril. 

1905. July. Encampment of Massachusetts State Militia on Hamp- 
ton Plains, Camp Bartlett. 

New Electric car line opened to Huntington. 

1906. September 12. Fourth .Annual Muster of Connecticut Valley 
League of Veteran Firemen. 

1908. April 24. Parks Block damaged to the extent of S7.=;, ()()() by 
fire. Quarters of Mount Moriah Lodge of Masons burned oul. 
September 24. Sarah C.illett Home for Aged People dedicated. 

1910. June 8. General Shepard elm tablet dedicated. 
June 24. Westfield High School .Alumni Association formed. 
November 8. Loziervillc trolley line opened. 
Federal census placed West field's i)opulation at 16,044. 

1911. September 11. Tekoa Country Club house in Western axenue 
opened. 



October 1. North Side sub-postal station opened. 
October 23. Squad A truck, first piece of motor-driven fire 
apparatus, was i)ut into commission by the F"ire Department. 
\\'estfield became the Pure Food Town. 

l'J12. May 3. The Day House in East Mountain, built in 1723 by 
Thomas Noble, torn down. 

June 14-15. Westfield pageant at the Elder Day property was 
held. 

The old Gem Opera House, converted into a garage, was de- 
stroyed by fire which also burned 22 automobiles. Loss of 
vSSO.OOO. 

1914. January 9-10. Post office was moved to new federal Ijuilding. 
September 1. Abner Gibbs School was opened and dedicated 

on Septemlicr 11. 

November 2. Westfield voted not to accept city charter draft. 
December 24. First Municipal Christmas tree celebration. 

1915. Mosely School was opened March 1. Dedicated November 4, 
follow! iig. 

Noxemljer 19. Head-on trolley collision on Springfield line in 
East Main street, first serious accident on that line. Resulted in 
severe injuries to five and minor injuries to 30 other passengers. 

December 15. Westfield Girls' Club organized. 

December 24. Communit>' Christmas tree celebration. 

December 26. Severe windstorm unroofed houses and laid 
tobacco barns flat. 

1916. June 23. Twcnt\-five Westfield men in the 2fl regiment, 
mobilized at Framingham for service on the Mexican border. 

Juvenile court opened, September 18, in Elm Park block. 



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1917. Fort Meadow Srliool was opeiud, l\'l)riiary 5. Diclii .ilcd, 
February 12. 

Marcli 30. Wesllield lloiiie ( '.Ucird formed. 

jime .^. l'!ii;i>t ration for sclcrtixx' service in tlie draft ariin- in 
Town Hall. 

Patriotic meetings, parades, etc. 1,74.S enrolled here. 

June 11. First Liberty Loan quota for Westficld of $550,01)0 
over-subscribed. 

June 2.^. Division No. 6 draft bo.ird for consideration of cases 
of W'estfield, West Sprini;fielfl,and Soutliwick registrants named 
and offices opened in G. A. R. Hall block. 

August 16. Lee-Huntington trolle\' line ojiened. 

August 17. Camp Bartlett was ojuMU'd lor moliiliz.ition ol 
National Guard organization of the New England states. It was 
in operation for fourteen weeks, 1,?,000 encamped. lO.Sd and 
104tli Inf. Regts. and other units of the 26th Yankee Division 
formed here for ser\ice in IVance. 

August 26. Camp Bartlett was visited by 100,000 persons, the 
largest crowd in town's history. 

September 5. Ilrst tme per cent draft cjuota of three men sent 
to Camp Devens. 

Draft (juota of 101 men sent to Camp Devens on September 23, 
and the same number on September 30. 

October 18. Second Liberty Loan quota over-subscribed with 
purchase of bonds to the total of 8598,550. 

November 21. Red Triangle raised 810,909 for war work. 

December 26. Red Cross enrolled 3,800 members in its 
campaign. 



1918. May. Third Liberty Loan quota of .S500,000 over-subscribed, 
vS602,850 pledged. 

June 5 and .August 24. Registration days for new "2rs." 

September 5. Registr.ition da\- for males between 18-45 years 

inclilsixe. 

September 23-November 8. Influenza epidemic. Schools, 
theaters, churches, and saloons closed. State Guard on fjuaran- 
tine guard duty. 1,921 cases rejiorted with 109 deaths. 

October 19. I'ourth Liberty Loan (|uota of $1,012,000 over- 
subscribed by 8161,200. 

November 11-12. Armistice signed. Big celebration, parades, 
etc. 

War chest subscribed, 8101,000. 

In World War, W^estfield had: 700 in the Army, 147 in the 
Navy, 3 in the Marines; 14 killed or died overseas, including one 
with Allies, 12 died of disease or accident in this country. 

1919. April. Fifth and last Victory Loan quota of 8756,000 over 
subscribed by 815,500. 

On June 17, State Guard Co. E., 18th Regiment, which wa: 
formed from the Home Defense League, ordered to disbanc 
It had made an excellent record in all w'aNs. 

August 31-September 3. Quarter millennial celebration 
town's incorporation. 



/ wish to hereby thank my son, J. Chambers Dewey, reporter 
for the Springfield Union, for kind assistance on the later years 
of this record. — L. M. D. 



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Major-General William Shepard 




The General William Shepard Homestead and Elm 

J 11 tv 

General Shepard's humble gambrel-roofed house, which stood on the nonth side of Franklin street, with 
the famous Shepard elm in front. Under this tree General Washington once stood. 



lYjAJOR-GMXERAl. WILLIAM SHKPARD was born DecemLtr 
^^ '^ 1, 1737, and flicd NoNembcr, 1817. The eighty years of his 
ife incliKJcd the times of all the wars with the French and Indians, 
jeginning with King (ieorge's war and ending with the capture of 
Juehec and the coiU|uest of Canada. These eighty years also included 
he time of the War for Independence and the War of 1812. In all 
;hese wars, with the e.\ception of the latter. Gen. Shepard was an ac- 



ti\e participant, and could his life in detail be written, as Irving wrote 
the life of Washington, it would be an epitome of the history of the 
wars. His limited common school education ended at the age of 
seventeen, when he entered the army at the beginning of the French 
and Indian war. I'nder Generals Abercrombie and Amherst he was 
promoted from the ranks, through successive grades, and remained 
with the arnn until the conquest of Canada established Anglo-Saxon 



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siipremacN' in North Aincrica. He then 
rcturiic-(l t(i Wc-lfu'ld. married, him^ up 
his sword, and put his hand to the plow, 
hopinji to fiijox' thi' pi'acc r)l a tarnicr's 
life. Tin- thrill i>f the sl.uii;htfr ,it I.ex- 
iiii;toii and Concord was fell l)y all. 
W'illiani Shepartl hastened at once to the 
canip at Roxbury. He was made 
colonel and was the companion of Wash- 
ington, in most, if not in all his battles. 
B>- him he was ai^pointed to protect the 
rt'treat from Long Island, during which 
his neck was piercetl b\' a hall. He was 
borne from the field. While the surgeons 
were probing for the ball his conscious- 
ness returned. "Bring me a canteen," 
he said. Finding that he could drink, 
and that the organs of his throat were 
not severed, he said to the surgeon: "It 
is all right, doctor, stick on a plaster 
and tie on my cravat, for I am out 
again." In spite of the remonstrance of 
the surgeon, and to the amazement of 
the attendants, out he went into the battle. This was but one of the 
twenty-two battles that tested his valor and proved that the commis- 
sion of general was justly and wisely given him. 

When the war was ended, and the impressi\e words of Washington 
had been spoken to the officers, who, through so many years, had been 
his companions in toil, privation, and "on the perilous edge of battle," 
General Shepard again returned to his little estate to maintain himselt 
and those tiependent upon him by his toil in the fields. He did more. 
His simple style of living, his exemplary conduct, his public spirit, his 
Christian endea\or, and his neighborly kindness furnished a model 
for younger men and kindled their aspirations lor a noble life. Though 
his opportunities for intellectual culture had been restricted in \outli, 



"He fought the battles of our 
country, aided in the council? 
of our nation, and ext-niiilifiid 
the character of the Christian. 
The righteous shall be in ever- 
lasting remembrance." 

From General Shepard 's Tonil). 



and thotigh the routine of camp life had allowed little opportunit\- for 
adding to his general knowledge, such were his common sense, his 
bra\-ery, his high character for u[)rightness and intelligence, that the 
peoi)le were ready to trust him to jierform the highest and most deli- 
cate ser\ices for tln' public good. I le was chasen state representative, 
senator, and councilor. He was three times elected representative to 
Congress. The governor of Massachusetts appointed him to treat with 
the Indians of Penobscot. The United States government appointed 
him to treat w'ith the Six Nations. He served in many town offices, 
and was deacon of the church for twenty-ff)ur years. He was a large, 
well formed man, six feet in height, compactly built, not corpulent, 
and weighing something more than two hundred pounds. His per- 
sonal appearance was imjjressive. On training days, when, with 
others, he came out to observe the evolutions of the military companies 
(hiring the closing years of his life, Mr. Bates, then a boy, says of him: 
"When I recall his large, imposing figure, bedecked with his trusty 
sword and crimson sash, the modest insignia of his rank, accompanied 
In- Adjutant Dewey, with the bright point of his spontoon glistening 
in the sun, and heard the whispers 'There's the general,' I remem- 
bir the awe, notwithstanding his genial face, with which he 
inspired me." 

After the rexiews and evolutions were finished the soldiers were 
discharged. "Then came the greetings and shaking hands with the 
general." 

Speaking of his character, Mr. Bates adds: "The man who, for more 
than thirt\- \ears was in the service of his country, in places of high 
emolument, the man who was esteemed by Washington and was his 
companion in all the battles of the Revolution, who, being detached 
for that jiurpose, fought with Gates at the battle of Saratoga and con- 
tributed to the surrender of Burgoync; the man who, notwithstanding 
his simple and frugal habits of li\ing, in his small brown house, In- 
constant and energetic labor, in the favorite business of his life, went 
to his gra\e a poor man! What a record is that to leave of him I Ni 
taint (jf meanness or dishonesty ever attached itself to him. He wa^ 
distinguished for his good character ami his unbending integrity." 



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lIoNoKAiii.K Frederick H. Gillett 

Speaker of the House of Representatives 
Westfield's Foremost Citizen 



TTONORABLE Frederick Huntington Gillett, Speaker of the House 
A A of Representatives, was born in Westfield, Oct. 16, 1851, the son 
ot Kdward B. and Lucy Fowler Gillett. His birthplace was the 
Iniilding now occupied by the Westfield Public Library, then the 
Fowler family residence. His early education was obtained in tin- 
public schools of Westfield. He was graduated from Amherst Col- 
lege in 1874 and from Harvard Law School three years later. His 
lather, one of the ablest lawyers and most polished men of his time, 
look a deep interest in his education and early developed in him 
a talent for graceful oratory and felicitous expression inherited from 
iiimself. Mr. Gillett practiced law in Springfield and in Boston. 
Ijeing lor a time assistant attorney-general of Massachusetts. He 
was first elected to Congress from the Springfield District in 1892, 
and has served thirteen consecutive terms since then, a \er\' 
unusual record, and is the senior Republican member in point of 
continuous service. Mr. Gillett has served on several important 
committees in the House. Most of his work in the last decade has 
been upon the \'ery important Appropriations Committee. 

Mr. Gillett was married in 191.S, to Mrs. Christine Rice Hoar. 
Socially Mr. Gillett is one of the most agreeable of men and has 
long held an enviable position in Washington society. 

The honor of the Speakership comes to him as the natural and 
legitimaterewardof his many years of able service at the national Capitol. 
The Speaker of the House is generally regarded as second only to 
I lie President and perhaps the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. 
Mr. Gillett is quoted as saying, "I have reached the goal of my ambi- 
tion, a happiness which I suppose comes to few men." Mr. Gillett 
is Westfield's foremost citizen. No other son of Westfield has attained 
so high a position in the councils of the nation; and it seems singu- 
larly fitting he should have been so highly honored in Westfield's 
jubilee year. 



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Copyrighted, 1919 



(/v. ■ / iri- • ,<;;,K_^ >^v--C^ 



The Fowler Tavern Door 

Built about 1760 

Over that tlirosliokl, in and out, 

In haste or leisure, brisk or spent, 

With counsel stern, or eager shout, 

The huid's defenders came and went. 

More than a hundred years it stood 

A landmark for tiie country-side, 

With stone-like ti.uures carxed in wood 

(Perchance the worker hatl in mind 

Some English homestead left l)ehind), 

We held it dear in heedless pride. 

\\'e cared, hut did not care enough; 
And one da\', ere we were aware. 
Through fault of none, or fault of all. 
The Doorway was no longer there! 

No blessing that the gods can send. 

No treasure that the earth can yield, 

Is better than a faithful friend. 

.And nothing needs a stronger shield. 

A thoughtless word, a selfish act, 

A chance neglect may disappoint; 

Too great demands, too little tact , 

May strain the tic to breaking-point. 
We care, but do not care enough; 
The flower is bruised that once was fair. 
And, fault of both, or fault of one. 
The Friendship is no longer there! 

.\li, ni\ beloved country! Speak 

Willi e\ery power at thy command. 

With beacon-Hash from peak to peak. 

To e\ery heart in e\ery lantl! 

For all our plans of eartliK- gootl 

Truth is the onl\- sure control, 

.■\nd uni\crsal brotherhood 

Depends on each and e\ery soul. 

We care, but we must care enough. 
And humbly watchful, greatly dare 
'Gainst fault of one, and fault of all 
Lest Freedom be no longer there! 

F'R.\NCliS Fnwi.Kk. 
I'he house was remodeled several years ago, and the door sold. 



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Westfield— "The Pure Food Town 



>) 



Bv Professor Lewis B. Allvn 



PRIOR to the year 1904, the general public had heard or read little 
concerning adulterated foods. A considerable portion of the 
package and bulk foods at this time was grossly adulterated, 
particularly those products which were in interstate commerce, since 
there was no Federal law to control the situation. Massachusetts, 
however, had a law which aimed to control products in this state, 
but comparatively few knew of it. 

In 1903, Lewis B. Allyn became the head of the Department of 
Chemistry in the Westfield State Normal School, and in his en- 
deavors to make the chemistry courses of that institution of the 
greatest possible value to the students, he gave a course in food 
analysis, particularly along the lines of detection of the common adul- 
terants of foods and drugs, of which there were many. 

In 1904, a lollypop craze struck Westfield, and an epidemic 
of sore mouths resulted. It is quite possible that the constant 
sucking of these concoctions by children irritated the mucous mem- 
brane of the mouth. Analy.ses of these brilliant, though debased, 
confections in the laboratory of the State Normal School showed 
large amounts of sulfurous acid in all of them. Some were flavored 
with various ethers to represent strawberry, raspberry, and the like. 
.Ml of them contained dirt. All of them small quantities of arsenic. 
From them poisonous coal tar dyes were extracted sufficient to color 
a rug. Many of the students of the chemistry class wore brilliant 
bows in their hair and neckties colored with the dyes taken from 
the confections so greedily consumed by little children. 

The matter was called to the attention of William M. Porter, 
agent of the Board of Health, who immediately caused the sale of 
the confections to cease. 

Thousands of food products of all classes were analyzed at the 
laboratory of the State Normal School under Professor Allyn 's 



directions, and the public press throughout the country teemed 
with articles concerning his work on foods. 

In 1906, Professor Allyn became a member of the local Board 
of Health, which position he continuously held until 1919. 

This initial reform conducted by the Westfield Board of Health, 
and the far-reaching results obtained, led to further research. 

In 1906, the Federal Food and Drugs Act was passed, render- 
ing it a misdemeanor to practice certain forms of food deception. 

In 1910, the Board of Health, consisting of Luther H. Beals; A. 
T. Schoonmaker, M.D.; L. B. Alhn, chemist; and William Porter, 
agent, saw the necessity of enlightening the local public as to what 
constituted adulterated and impure food. 

As soon as the leading grocers understood the aim and scope of 
the Westfield movement, they signed the remarkable document 
which is herewith reproduced. 

The Board then framed and unanimously adopted the now world- 
famous Westfield Standard, which is admitted by the leading authori- 
ties to be the most concise and all-embracing standard, dealing with 
the purity of food products. 

The Westfield Standard for Food Products 

Foofls shall not contain Aliiin. Benzoic acid or its salts. 
Boric acid or its salts. Copper, Formaldehyde, Formic 
acid or its salts, Hydrofluoric acid or its salts, Sulfurous 
acid or its salts, Saccharine, nor any other non-condi- 
mental prcser\'ati\'c. 

Foods shall not be colored with Coal Tar Dyes nor with 
poisonous \'egetablc Colors, nor be contaminated with 
inert fillers, nor shall any substance be taken therefrom 



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Insert: Lewis B. Allyii originator of the Campaign 



THIS remarkalile document, herewith reproduced, was the first 
food agreement of Westfield grocers with the Board of Health. 
The chemical laboratory at the right was located at the West- 
field State Xormal School, where the f.iniiui^ i'nre Food iMoxement 
originated. 



or added thereto so as to injuriuush- aflVct llieir quality, 
strength or ]iurit\-. 

Foods shall he packed and sold under sanitary conditions 
and package goods shall bear no DISHONEST LABEL 
nor labels bearing any EXTRAVAGANT or OBSCURE 
statements. 

I'p to the \ear 1912, the annual reports of the Board of Health 
ontaincd consideralili' information concerning adulterated and mis 
randed food |)roducts. "For heaven's sake," wrote a local house- 
eeper, "don't tell us anything more about impure foods. My family 
re all too scared to eat anything but boiled eggs and potatoes; 
[>11 us what we can safely buy." Scores of requests of similar import 
ame to the attention of the Westfield Board of Health. 

THIS WAS THE VOICE OF THE PUBLIC DEMANDING 
:ONSTRUCTIVE INFORMATION. 

In January, 1912, the Westfield Board of Health pulilishcd the 
rst list of pure food products ever compiled. This was known as 
Westfield Pure Food Book. It was intended for local use only, 
nd was freely given to the citizens of the town. From time to 
me adflitions were made to it. -The book has gone through four 
Jitions, with a worlil-wide circulation. 



Copies of the first list naturally became known through the ac- 
tivities of the press, and "Collier's Weekly," under the direction of 
Norman Hapgood and Professor Allyn, instituted a nation-wide reform 
movement for better food products, based upon Westfield Standard. 
This campaign for Pure Foods was later enlarged and carried on by 
the McClure publications. 

The Westfield Standard has had a cogent influence upon city, 
state, and federal legislation, and offers a powerful incentive for the 
manufacture and sale of pure food products. No food reform mo\-e- 
ment has ever been given such wide publicity. Millions of dollars 
have been spent in advertising it, while thousands of columns of 
unpurchasafjle editorial space have been de\'oted to its merits and 
to Westfield, now uni\-ersally known as the "Pure Food Town."- 



A short time after the Great Westfield Pure Food Mo\'ement 
started, a local man and his wife, Mr. anfl Mrs. M. B. Nelson of 
Orange street, started to put on the market a marmalade. This 
was the first pure food from the Pure Food Town. "Best yet" 
marmalade has created a world-wide demand. 



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MoRRELi. H. Moore 

Morrell H. Moore — born in 
Montgomery, Noxember 20, 
1869, son of Horace F. and 
Eunice (Pettis) Moore. At- 
tended Montgomery schools, 
Southampton Academy, and 
West field High School. Located 
in Westfield in 1890, and con- 
ducted grocery business on Kim 
street twenty-two years. Now 
a part owner of the National 
Manufacturing Company, lash 
manufacturers. Third Near as 
selectman, chairman of board. 



i.oiis L. Keei-k 

Louis L. Kecfe — born in 
IngersoU, Cantida, September 
17, 1871, son of Cornelius and 
Kllen (Cary) Keefc. When 
\ery\()ung he remoxed InWt-st- 
fielfl. He was educated in the 
Westfield public schools, and has 
conducted his own plumbing 
business for twenty years. 
I'^nirth year as selectman. 



Wll.l I \M K. Bl SIHMANN 

William K. Buschmann — born 
in Westfield, July 2, 1883, son of 
John C. and Christina (C.olbler) 
Buschmann. Westfield High 
School, 190.?. Boston University 
Law School, 1906. Clerk of Dis- 
trict Court of Western Hamp- 
den, 1906 to 1910, then resigned 
to give his attention to the leaf 
tobacco business in which he 
is engaged. Second year as 
selectman. 



('■EORdK W. Se.^rle 

(ieorge W. Searle — born in 
Belchertown, August 17, 1882, 
son of Charles B. and C.enevievc 
(Wolcott) Searle. Westfield 
public schools and Massachusetts 
Agricultural College. Studied 
law and engaged in newspaper 
work. .Appointed Clerk of Dis- 
trict Court of Western Hamptlen. 
1910. Resigned, May 14, 1914. 
and since then, has served a> 
town clerk, treasurer, and tax 
collector. 



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Our Police Department 




-tluni ruw, lull lo nglu: W . A. 1- i.ouru.N, Cliii-I AI. F. Sullivan, C.iptain W. J. O'Brien, Sergeant J. J. iMlUekmuti- M. J. Ualkv M.F. Mikfhv 
Second row, left to right: Jamks J. Ashe Thos. F. Daley Allen H. Smith M. [. Condon 

Third row: VV. C. Rehor \Vm. A. O'Brien M. J. Slattery 

[•"oiirih row: Geo. II. Iln ksmn Archie Williams Patrick H. Coffey 

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Our Fire Department 




William II. ( lakk, .\>sisi,iiu i-.n^iiiuir 



I III IM \^ I I. .\1 AIKINLN . I llH 1 



lli.KiiLKi II. liiiiKi'L, A^sisiaru I'.ngmct;!' 



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Westfield High School, Past and Present 




The Old Hum School with A( aukmv 

BuiLDINi; IX THE REAR 




High School at the Present Day 



T \ 1793, the town of Westfield, then in the county of Hampshire, expended in erecting the wooden structure that was known as the east 

A voted the sum of £600, "for the purpose of erecting and support- wing of the present High School building, and that was burned in 

ing an Academy," by which piety, religion, and morality should lie November, 1890. 

promoted, and in which youth should be instructed in sciences, and The State Legislature had given to the trustees tiie half of a town- 
such of the liberal arts, and in such languages, as the trustees should ship in the province of Maine, and the proceeds of the sale of this land 
''"^'^''^'- was invested as a permanent fund, the beginning of that fund that 
Witiiin four years, one thousand dollars addilicmal had been secured to-day makes it |)ossible, with the co-operation of the town, to maintain 
by subscriptions from the inhabitants of the town, and the money was a High School of the first rank. 



This first Academy liuildiiig was (Ii'diratcd in 1800, and the Rcv^ 
J()sc|)li I.alliioi), one of the trustees, and the i)astor of the I'irst Church 
in \\\st Springfield, preached the dedicatory sermon from the text: 
"That our sons ma\' hi' as plants grown up in tluir \-oulii; tiiat our 
daugiiters ina\' be as corner stones, poHshed after tlu' similitude of a 
palace." 

Mr. Peter Starr was the first preceptor. For fifty years this school 
was the jiride of the town, and held no second place among the acade- 
mies of Massachusetts. Then, from lack of endowment and from an 
increasing interest in public schools, it began to decline. Hut tjiroiigh 
tile endeaxors of leading men who thought that the Old Academy must 
not be gi\en up, ten thousaiu! dollars was raised to repair, remodel, and 
enlarge the building. The original house was moved back to make 
rf)om for a new front of brick. July 31, 1857, the corner stone of the 
new i)uildiiig was laid with appropriate exercises. The building itself 
was dedicated August 25, 18,^8, with an adih'ess ])y Professor Tatlock 
of Williams College. 

Tile establishment of the town High School di\erted interest in 
a measure from the Academy, and gradually the old institution yielded 
to the fate that has overtaken so many of the ancient New England 
academies. In 1855, the town High School was opened on the second 
lloor of the town building, "sandwiched," as some one said, "between 
the town hall and the lock-up." Its first principal was Mr. Wm. A. 
Smith, who received a salary of S350, and his assistant was Miss M. A. 
Thurston, who received 8150. During the first term tjiert- were 
seventy-four pupils. 

Before many years it liecame apparent that the school nuist have 
other and better (|uarters, and negotiations were t'lileri'd into that 



finalK' eiid<d in the purchase of the Academy buildings and grounds, 
for the sum of tliirty thousand dollars, and in 1867, the High School 
was moved thither. Mr. Abner i'^ (iibbs was then its principal. It 
lia\-ing been stipul.iled b\- the town that the thirt\- thousand dollars 
|)aid for the Academy ])ro|)erty should within twenty years yield a 
re\(iiiie to the educational interests of the town, in 1889-90 the town 
and the trustees (jf the Academy entered into a compact b\' which the 
town agreed to enlarge and improve the High Scdiool [iropertN-, adapt- 
ing it to the necessities of a first-class High Schof)l, and the .Academy 
trustees agreed to pa\-, annually, certain sums toward its permanent 
maintenance. At a cost of about se\enty-fi\e thousand dollars the 
building occupied by the High School was made over and enlarged 
according to |)lans furnished b\- Mr. W. C. Hrocklesby of Hartford, 
Conn., and was pro])erly e(|ui])ped for the uses to which it was set 
apart. 

Se|)temher 18, 1890, exercises of deilication wen- held, over which 
tin- Hon. M. B. Whitney presided. 

The new High School was opened on the following Monday, with 
generous |)ro\ ision for a general course in study, and special provision 
for such as wish to fit for business life, the normal school, the technical 
school, or the college. 

Sar.\ M. Km It- 
Herbert \\ . Kiltredgc was appointed princiiial in 1890. As the 
result of his thorough teaching, careful administration, and tireless 
energy, and the loyal co-operation of competent teachers in the 
se\eral departments, the school has reached a foremost rank in the 
high schools of the State. 



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Westfield Schools 




The Green District School, Miss Clara I.. Fitzpatrick, Principal. The Ashley Street School, Miss Ida C. Ashley, Principal 

The Abner Gibbs School, Frederick H. Scott, Principal 



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Westfield Schools 




NOkmai. Tkaimni. School, C.i-orge \V. VViiislow, Principal. The State Normal SchcX)L, Clarence A. Rnxlcur, Principal 

The I-'okt Meadow School, Miss Mary A. l-oiifj, Principal 



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Westfield Churches 




(1) First Baptist cluiirli, organized in 1784, Rev. W. S. Ayres, pastor; (2) Evangelical Lutiieran Cinirch, organized in 1901, Rev. A. 
Dasler, pastor; (3) Second Congregational Cluirch, organized in 1858, Rev. C. E. Holmes, pastor. 



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Westfield Churches 




(1) Mftliudisl (.'liunli, urgaui/A'd in 1794, Rev. (^'onniii IloDker, pastor; (. 
pastor; (3) First Congrt-gatioiial Church, organized August J9, 1679, Rev. 
— Episcopal, organized in 1863, Rev. Robert K. Smith, rector. 

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) 1 lie Advent ("hurcli, organized in 18.S6, Re\'. .A. D. Page, 
Henry A. Kcrnen, pastor; (4) Church of the Atonement 



Westfield Churches 




(1) St. ("iisimir R. C. Church, organized March 22, 1915, Rev. C. X'asiliauskas, pastor; (2) St. Mary's Church, organized iti 1853, 
Rev. C. M. Fitzgerald, pastor; (.\) Holy Trinity Polish Church, organized in 1900, Rev. Gabriel Van Roth, pastor; (4) St. Peter's 
R. C. C-hurch, organized in 1902, Rev. Francis Carey, pastor; (5) Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, organized in 1910, Rev. P. J. 
O'M alley, pastor. 

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The Westfield Atheneum 





'I'hc present site on KIni ami C tmii ^in/Ho, l<!\') 



The old lihran' on Main street, 186* 



THE Wcsttickl AllK-ncuni, the {il-v piililit- librai\- ol the low n, was chartcTcd in 1S64 and first opened to tlie ptiblie as a subscription library, 
January 1, lcS68. The original building was the gift of Hiram Harrison and was erected on Main street, where the United States 
\\'iii|) ('om|)any's factor>- now stands. The jirinripal donor to the funds was Samuel Mather of Hartford, b\- whom the suggestion ol founding a 
lii)rary in Westfield is said to ha\e been made to Rev. Emerson Davis of the Eirst Church, and many other indi\iduals contributed gener- 
ously. The present home of the Atheneiun on C\)urt street, fonnerly the residence of Hon. James Fowler, was the gift of the trustees of 
Westfield Academy and was first occupied by the library in March, \SW. A fund of SSO, ()()(), i)er|ueathed in lOl.^ by Hon. M. B. Whitney 
is now acciumii.iting for a new building to be placed on the s.ime lot. Since lcS'J5 tiie su|)i)ort of the library has been in large jiart assumed by 
the town and its use has been free to all citizens of Westfield. There are at present about 38,000 volumes in the .Alluneum and the annua 
circulation is o\-er 90,000. The in\-ested funds, apart from the Wliilne\- beiiuest. ammmi to over 827.001). James C\ (ireenough 
LL.D., is president of the corporation and C.eorge L. Lewis is the librarian. 



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Soldiers' Monument 




OiR Soldiers' Monument 
"To the Dead a Tribute," 



FOR nearh- 60 years the bronze soldier has stood on his pedestal 
of granite in the sightly location at the foot of Court street, 
overlooking the park. The granite-curbed octagon of green inclosing 
a smaller curbed inclosure (at a greater elevation), combined, make a 
tasteful setting for the monument erected in the honor of our citizen 
soldiers who gave their services to their country. 

As many people have come to our town since the erection of the 
monument, and, although it is a familiar, almost daily sight to many, 
it is safe to say that the majority of the people know very little about 
the movement that led to the purchase and setting up of this memorial. 

Early in 1869, four years after the close of the Ci\-il War, a move- 
ment was started in Westfield by the Grand Army of the Republic, 
with the object of raising funds for putting up a soldiers' monument 
in some good location in the center of the town. 

A soldiers' fair was held under the auspices of the Grand Arm\-, 
which opened at Music Hall, January 10, 1870, and this was made the 
most elaborate fair of the kind that had ever been held in town, enlist- 
ing the co-operation of all denominations and classes of people. The 
whole community was interested in the matter. The history of the 
soldiers' fair may be written in one word — success! The pulpit and 
press, men, women, and even the children of the town united in a 
grand effort to that end, and good fortune was the result. The public 
heart seemed to beat with one generous throb of patriotism. Time, 
money, experience, and talent were freely poured into the monumental 
treasury. The Grand Army of the Republic had set the ball in mo- 
tion, and the people, as a unit, were with them. The w'ealthy men 
of the town contributed generously for the good object, and in the 
entertainments in the hall the various societies and organizations of the 
town enlisted with great zeal. 

The Good Templars put on a pleasing drama, the High School con- 
tributed of ils talent, and an exhibition by the St. Mary's Sunday 



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Scliool, iiiulir tlu' (liiiTlioii of Kix . I'.ithcr Migliniro, was very pleasing, 
and the pupils showed great profieiency in tiieir recitations and dia- 
logues. 

An object of great admiration was the design for a soldiers' monu- 
ment, which occupied a commanding position in the center of the hall. 
A watchful sentinel, with a most lifelike and soldierly bearing, sur- 
mounted a granite pedestal. The front face of the shaft had a tablet 
for the names of the deceased soldiers, which was most appropriateK' 
crowned with a representation in alto-relievo of a soldier in the act of 
falling on the battle field, two of the remaining faces being filled with 
emblematic devices. The entire design was 40 inches in height, or 
quarter size, and reflected great credit upon the artist, M. H. Mosmaii, 
of the Ames Works, Chicopee. 

There was a large exhibition of war relics including firearms of all 
kinds and sizes, camp utensils, souvenirs of prison life; also a real 
Confederate flag, the one that waved over Port Hudson. The gross 
receipts of the fair were something over vS2,000, which gave a net ol 
about 81,500. It was the most successful of an\- fair that had been 
given in New England since the war. 

Following this fair, at intervals through the year, entertainments of 
various kinds were given to swell the fund for the purchase of the 
soldiers' monument, and in due time the order was placed with the 
Ames Works, at ("hicopee. The stonework was placed in position 
early in November, 1870. The first base of the monument is 7 feet 
s(|uare, the second 4 feet, and the die 4 feet 8 inches, and 6 feet high, 
with panels to receive the names of the soldiers who fell in the Civil 
War. The whole of the stonework is of the best Concord (X. H.) 
granite. 

In January, 1871, another soldiers' fair was held which netted 
about S500. 

On Wednesday, May 31, 1871, the monument was dedicated .iml 
stands as a fitting memorial to our heroic dead. 




The Sarah Ciliett Hume iok .Xgeu Pedim.e 

THK first home was located on Silv^er street, in the house formerh 
owned by Mr. \'. W. Crowson, nf)w owned by seK'ctman Mr 
Louis L. Kcefe. 

The Home was mowd to its present location on Broad street 
tweKe years ago this fall. This residt-nce was originally owned b} 
Mr. D. L. Gillett and given by his son, Ralph 1). C.illett. 

Mrs. L. H. Beals is the present matron. There are now thirteei 
residents in the Home, all of whom are ladies. The present board o 
officers is as follows : 

Henry W. Ely, President; I.. H. Beals and R. C. Parker. \'ice 
Presidents; Charles G. Smith, Treasurtr; Mrs. Joseph .\. Kenyoii 
Secretar\-. 



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The house to the right was the old Atwater homestead. Imilt alimit 1755. 



I'AKKs Block in G.ala .\ttire 

Showing one of Westfield's most imposing business blocks, en- 
livened bv the decorator's art. Built in 1896. 




FrA.NKHX MKliKl 

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Masonic Temple 




0\ jiMic 2, 1908, the First rnivcrsalist Society of Westficld dcfdcd 
to The Massachusetts Universalist Convention of Boston its 
property situated on Ehii and Chapel streets. On July 15, 1908, the 
W'l'stfield Masonic Association purchased this very desirable corner 
location, including the church building, organ, motor, heating appara- 
tus, and gas fixtures. The association remodeled the building and has 
one of the best equipped Masonic temples in the state. 



Tile l-',\ercises of Dedication of the Ma.sonic Temple were as 
fnliiiws: Mount Moriah Lodge, .A. F. & A. M., was held Wednesday 
afternoon, September 15,1909, at 3.30 o'clock, Wor. Master Harris B. 
Moulton. Kvening Star Royal .Arch Chapter was held Thursday even- 
ing, September 16, 1909, at 7.30 o'clock, Charles B. Wilson, M. K. High 
Triest. (iolden Cha[)ter, No. 5, Order Eastern Star, was held l-Viday 
ixening, September 17, 1909, at 7 o'clock, Mrs. Alice W. Winslow, 
Worthy Matron. Westfield Council Royal and Select Masters in 1914 
under Special Dispensation was added to the list of Masonic bodies 
inccting in the Temple. 

Ii niighl l)e of historic interest to note that the father of Wm. II. 
iarnsworiii, oldest Past Master of Mount Moriah Lodge, A. F. & A. M., 
a liiixersalist minister, dug the first spadeful of dirt for the erection of 
ihe church building now used as the Masonic Tempk'. 



-idiiit, Charles B. Wilson; 
. W . Welcome; Directors, 



Westfield Masonic Association. I'rc 
Clerk, William F.. Cibbs; Treasurer, Car! !• 
rhonias J. Cooley, Ceorge L. Gaylord. 

Mount Moriah Lodge, .\. F. & A. M. Instituted February 12, 
IS.Mi. W M., James C. Taylor; S. W., Frank N. Strickland; J. W 
Malcolm B. Harding; Treasurer, George L. Gaylord; Secretary, 

Car! !•:. W. Welcome. 

Evening Star R. A. Chapter. Instituted June 8, 1871. M. 
H. P.,Al\in I.. I'eaixKh-: King, II. St. C. Duncan; Scribe, Edward K 
Mayor; Treasurer, l-'dwin C.CoUon; Secretary, Ward Rees. 

Westfield Council R. and S. M. Instituted 1915. T.I. M. 
Cliarle> H. Wilson; Deputy Master, Frank X.Strickland; P. C. of W. 
William ]-.. (.ibbs; Treasurer, Carl E. W. Welcome; Recorder 
James C. Taylor. 

Golden Chapter, No. 5, Order of Eastern Star. Organized ir 
1873. W. M., Mrs. I'.rminia A. Pratt; W. P., George E. Pratt; A. M. 
Mrs. Mabelle 1". llosmer; Secretary, Mrs. Effie M. Carson; Treasurer 
lulith M. Robbins. 



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North Side, Westfield 




NORTH Side or Cellar Side includes the 360 acres, the first permanent grant of land by Springfield in December, 1658, to Capt. 
Thomas Cooper. It extended from the hill Wasapscotuck (Prospect) to Springdale Brook. 
(1) Shows the iron Ijridge extending over Westfield River. (2) The present railroad station built about 1877, when the old structure 
was raised and moved to Parker Avenue. (3) The business center of the North Side, including se\eral modern business buildings. (4) The 
old wooden bridge built in 1840 and demolished in 1879. (5J Great River Mills and bridge looking smrth. //urtV 



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Town of Westfield, Street Railway System 




Thk Horsr Cak, 1cS<)0 



TiiK C'oMPREssiiD Air Car, 1S94 




Ikmli.kn (. ak ai 1 k(M, Hole ix the Winter df 1915 
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Interesting Pictures of Old Westfield, About 1840 








Ve Olde Westfield Green 
About 18-11 



North of the (.reen 
From an Old Print 



MANY changes have taken place on the square since this picture 
was drawn ; the old academy with its fence shown on the right has 
disappeared, as has the small building next following. The cupola 
has been removed from the town hall; and the wooden meeting house 
was moved hack to make room for the present brick church of the 
First Congregational Society. In the middle distance is shown 
the pillared front of the Hampden National Bank, as first built. 
Next on the left was the wooden building on the site of the present 
Kim Park block. The wooden fence around the park has been 
rcmo\-ed. On the left is shown the tower of the old Ba[)tist clun-ch, 
corner of Kim and Church streets, the building now being used for 
mercantile purposes. At the left is shown the house that stood 
about where the Commercial Building or old post office is located. 
The park elms were in the sapling stage at that time. 



THE Hampden Bank, at the left, was built in 1825. To the 
right is shown Arnold's store and the old town pump near dad 
Palmer's Inn. The inn was well known in the early part of the 
last century, and was so clean, so neat, the table and bed linen so 
white, the parlors so pleasant, the table so spread with a very few 
flishcs, shining like polished ivory, and the food upon them so 
perfectly cooked and fiaxori'd, such an air of quiet and repose all 
about the premises, no noise, no tumult, no carousing, no swearing, 
— it realized, in its full perfection, the idea of "a tra\eler's home." 



Westfield Green is in 42° 7.V north latitude, 71° 4,S' west longi- 
tude, and is about 140 feet aliove sea level. The town of Westfield 
co\'ers fifty-six square miles and is of great interest to the geologist. 



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Old School SiKiiiiT 

As it appL'aixxl, about fiftv years ago. The street was laid out in 
1847. 




The Bookstoke 
Conners Bookstore, as it apivarwl in 1870. 




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Old Rrhx.k. ami \ iaih c t 
Used from 18,i() to 1849, and ixtendid across Great river, west of the present railroad bridge. 

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The Great Flood of 1878 




(1) Looking south in Kim street after the flood, showing covered bridge. (2) Two whip factories (on the present site of the Swift Beef 
Company) wrecked in the flood. (3) House on East Bartlett street, carried east by the flood. (4) Showing flood damage at Great River 
bridge the morning of December 11, 1878. On the left is a tenement house and organ factory. Across the river can be seen the water 
tower, switch house, and freight house of the Boston & Albany R. R., also the Prosp'ect Hill School. 



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The Ives Block, Present Site of the Post ('ffice 




THE, IVES BLOCK 

This building, which for many years stood at the corner of Main 
and Broad streets, was torn down to supply a site for the present 
post office building. In the earlier days the Ives Block was counted 
a part of the famous "Rum Row." 




GREAT RIVER MILLS 

This group of buildings, that stood on the north liank of the ri\er 
near the bridge, was supplied with power from the river, and housed 
a variety of industries. The middle and oldest section was long 
known as Teaman's Cirist Mill, and here the farmers of (his section 
had their grain ground. 



A Tvric\L Westfiei.d Tou.acco 1'iulu 



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\\ I I h Whip ■>hi >]■ i n- im-; l'\^ i 
Tlv iild sliop of D.irling. Sniitli and Co., whip manufacturers. 



I HK W'ESTFniLII I 111! -I 

Once located where the VAm Park Block now stands. 




1 IIK (h.ll luUl.Ln IJKllM.k 

Torn ilown bonie years ago to make room for a modern concrete structure. Named for the Cowles famiK' that li\ed just south of tl 
bridge, on the west side of Southwick road, in the first part of the nineteenth century. 

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The Westfield Cadets 



The "Rough and Ready" 















THE Westfield Cadets were organized, July 3, 1895, under the 
name of the W'oronoro Gun Club. 

The cadets met I'riflay evenings of each week and held drills in the 
hall of the old Normal school that stood at that time on School street. 
The officers of the company were: Captain, W. N. Clifford; first 
lieutenant, G. H. Graves; second lieutenant, E. Burlingame; first 
sergeant, A. Fuller; second sergeant, John Frasier; third sergeant, 
Guy Herrick, corporals, Wm. Burlingame, Fouis Stevens; company 
quartermaster and treasurer, H. P. Perry; chief musician, James 
Generous, with Sergeant Frasier as instructor in rifle practice. 



-N^atJn 




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X the 18ih of August, 1S55, the "Rough and Ready" 
rri\ed in Westfield —a large crowd being at the freight 
station tounload her. J. H. Morse assembled his band 
and the new machine was hauled through Flm street with 
a large procession following until Park square was reached 
and then she was given a try out. At that time it was 
customary to play out \ertically instead of horizontally, 
as is the custom at present. There was then a large cistern 
in front of what is now the Hampden National Bank and at 
the point where the Soldiers' Monument now is stood a flagstaff 185 
feet high. (J\er this the new "Rough and Ready" threw a stream, 
and it was a satisfied body of firemen that took her to the engine 
house in the Town Hall that night. 

About 1870, the tub was traded in for a chemical extinguisher, the 
Babcock Extinguisher Company taking the tub in part payment. 

The next heard of the tub was that she was at Danvers in 1875 under 
the name of "Ocean 3." From Danvers she went to Shirley in 1888 
and was there called the "E. L. W'ood." Again she was sold, this time 
to Westminster in 1896, where, as the "General Miles," she now is. 



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Laying the Corner Stone of the Methodist Church, June .^, 1875 
The church is located on the corner of HollamI avenue and Court street 



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I A I in K M \ I 111 u -. Hali 



Hampton Ponds 
One of W'fslfield's well-known summer resorts. 




\\iii-,N RoosEviiLi Visniiu Wksti-ikld 



In June, 1902, Theodore Roose\ell, then presiiknl of tlie United States, visited W'estfield cm imitation of Secretary of Treasury 
"ortelyou, who at that time was president of the Normal School Alumni Association. 



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Old Landmarks of the Past 





The Boston ami Ai.ii any Station Thk N. ^ ., N. H. li-'H. Station 

The old Boston and Albany station, a wooden structure which The New York, New Ha\en and Hartford station was a familiar 

was mo\ed to Parker a\enuf about 1880, ha\ing been in use for a l.mdmark for man\- years. In \o\eniber, 1906, the Boston and 

great many years. In 1880 the present brick building was built. .\lban\- railroad took oxer the baggage business of the other. 




'A •*• 

\\ i>Ti' ii.i.ii (.i<i;i:\, l,S(i_' 
Looking southeast, sliowinc; old town pump and cummnn casi ol the p.irk. 

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Hampton 
Plains 



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Camp Bartlett, Hampton Plains, 1905 , 

Lively scenes of the soldiers on Hampton Plains during the 
first occupation of Massachusetts troops at Camp Bartlett in 1905. 
The 104th Regiment, recently returned from I'rance, encamped here 
in 1917. 




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Our Principal Streets as They Appeared Many Years Ago 

f 




Elm SxREiiT 



"lis crou.'ning glory is its trees" 

I'.lni street has naturally seen more changes 
than any other W'estfield street, in the long 
process of evolution from a village street to the 
main thoroughfare of a thriv-ing city. Unfor- 
tunately most of the fine elms which gave it its 
name have been sacrificed to the needs of a 
modern business street. 

Ninety years ago Broad street had but few 
homes. Near South Broad street stood the 
home of Amos Fowler, and near by a small 
cooper shop. Nearly all the fine residences 
have been erected and the beautiful trees 
planted in the last sixty years. 



Broad Street 




Main Street 



Main street has seen many changes in ilie 
last century. Where the Second Congrega- 
tional C"hun-h now stands, stood the '"Tavern," 
and near it the house of Mr. Hastings, sub- 
seciuently owned and occupied by Klijah 
.Arnold. Next to this was the home of Majnr 
Douglas. 

A hundred years ago Court street was 
hardly more than a country road. None of 
the streets and avenues leading from it had 
been laid out and thecowswere pastured where 
now stand comfortable homes. Almost all 
New England towns have beautiful streets but 
few can rival Court street, with its triple row - 
of towering elms, in dignity and beauty. 



Court Street with Town Pump 

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The Bicentennial Text and Interior as it Appeared on Westfield Green, Oct. 6, 1860 



THH^ Committee on Knlertainment secured the mammolh tenl of 
Prince & Co. of Boston, measuring 200 feet by 80 feet, for use on 
the occasion, and pitched it on Broad street, at the south end of 
the parlc. Tables were arranged, and plates set for one thousand 
persons or more, and each plate had an occupant. Messrs. Fowler & 
Noble of Westfield and E. C. Barr & Co. of Springfield were the 
caterers. 

The flood had very seriously interfered with their arrangements, 
causing vexatious delay, so that the dinner which was to have been 
served at one o'clock, did not come off until three, and some articles 
on the "bill of fare" did not come to hand at all. The excellent 
caterers, under the circumstances, could do nothing better than to 
throw themselves upon the patience and good nature of their guests, 
which they found in abundance, un(]uenched by the flowing waters. 
One could learn from them what strong determination and persistent 



effort can accomplish inidcr adverse circumstances. After the ex- 
ercises in the church the procession reformed and marched around the 
park to the tent, filling up the ample space within the inclosure. The 
tables presented a very neat appearance and were artistically decorated 
with flowers from the gardens of P. Dow, Esq., and Mrs. Judson 
Rowe. There were articles on the bill of fare of such an abundance as to 
satisfy the sharpened appetites of the vast throng and then some to 
spare. Norman T. Leonard, Escj., in the absence of Mr. Fowler, 
presided. The blessing was invoked b\- the Rev. Edward Jessup of 
Brooklyn, N. Y., a native of the town. After an hour of successful 
onslaught, a fearful scene was presented. 

The dinner ended, and true symposium commenced. Unstudied 
after-dinner speeches, lia\ing a certain mellowness and bonhomie 
about them as if the fla\or of the \iands already were incorporated in 
their words. 



5S 



PROCJRAM 



Quarter Millennial Celebration 

of the Incorporation of the 

TOWN of WESTFIELD 

August Thirty-first, September First, Second, Third, 1919 



Official Program 



ORGANISATION Committee of One Hundred 

At a Town Meeting held September 19, I'MX. on motion of Mr. Munvll 11. .\luuru, ) 

^ , r^ ^ -^ ^ } ,1 , r- •,. c t\ ij I 11 William K. Buschmann, I- Board of Selectmen 

Frank (.rant it was voted that a Commiltce ot One Hundred he ap- Louis L. Keefe ) 

pointed to make plans for the proper relehration of the 250tli Anni- Clarence .A. Brorleur, Moderator 

versary of the founding of the Town of Westfield. The committee George \\.Searlerm«, Clerk 

. -^ . rrank .A. snow, Lliairman of Assessors 

appointed is as follows: — .Archibald J. Douglas, Chairman of Board of Health 

Harry C. Lane, Chairman of Water Commissioners 
„ , Chester H. Abbe, Chairman of Mtmicipal Light Board 

Honorary Board Robert Chapin I'arker, Chairman of School Committee 

(George B. Church, President of Board of Trade 
Reappointi'il from the Bicentennial Committee of ISOT t- » , 

S. .xuijustus .Allen James B. .Atwater 

l.MlluT 11. Beals K.lwin B. Smith Mrs. I ewis B. .Allyn Charles K. .>\very 

James C. Creenough Lucius I'. Thayer Ida C. .\shle\ Camaliel E. .Austin 



PROGRAM 



Lulher H. Beals 
Jonas Blech 
Frances T. Boise 
Homer Bush 
William J. Chapman 
Edward G. Clark 
James H. Clark 
Sanborn S. Conner 
Thomas J. Cooley 
Frank E. Cowles 
Louis M. Dewey 
Eugene Doherty 
Sturges Dorrance 
Henry \V. Ely 
Joseph B. Ely 
William H. Ensign 
John P. Fogarty 
Edward T. I-owler 
Elizabeth Bush l-"o\vler 
Edgar L. Gillelt 
Lucy Douglas (jillett 
Robert Gowdy 
Frank Grant 
James C. (irccnough 
Percy N. Hall 
John J. Hearn 
Edwin B. Hedges 
Charles A. Hickson 
Henrietta Phelps Holland 
Elizalieth M. Hooker 
Harold E. Howard 
George Jachym 
John Jakobowski 
Willis S. Kellogg 
Joseph A. Kenyon 
John R. King 
Herbert N. Kingsbury 
John R. Kirwin 
Herbert W. Kiltredge 
Arthur S. Kneil 
George L. Lewis 



Maud A. Lewis 
Lillie Lambson Lilley 
Charles J. Little 
John H. Lockwood 
George W. Loomis 
Marion Noble Loomis 
William F. Lyman 
William B. Mahoney 
Peter Marichak 
(ieorge W. Miner 
Richard J. Morrissey 
Harris B. Moulton 
Angennette Fowler Noble 
Howard G. Noble 
Lewis C. Parker 
Harry B. Putnam 
Clara M . Reed 
William B. Reed 
Charles Rehor 
Archie D. Robinson 
George D. Roe 
Leigh Sanford 
Angelo Santucci 
Addie E. Shepard 
Frederick F. Shepard 
Edwin B. Smith 
Edwin J. Smith 
Edwin W. Smith 
William T. Smith 
Louis O. Taylor 
Lucius F. Thayer 
James Tierney 
George A. Upson 
Gabriel Van Roth 
Konstantinas V'asiliauskas 
Charles B. Warren 
Arthur F. Way 
Florence F-"idler Whitney 
Maria Mosely Whitney 
George E. Whipple 
Alice Walkli-\- Winslow 



Joseph B. Elv 
Edgar L. Gillett 
Frank Grant 
Joseph A. Ken>on 



Executive Committee 

\\ illiam B. Reed, Chairman 

Willis S. Kellogg, Vice-Chairman 

George W. Searle, Treasurer 

Edwin W. Smith, Secretary 

John R. King 
Charles J. Little 
Frederick F. Shepard 
Matthew W. Shine 



This committee has general cliarge of the Quarter-Millennial Cele- 
bration. All sub-committees have been appointed by them, and their 
plans submitted to the executi\e conunittee for appro\al. 



Advisory Board 



Chester H. Abbe 
Gamaliel E. Austin 
Joseph D. Cadle 
Daniel F. Doherty 
Henry W. Ely 
Edward T. Fowler 
Elizabeth Bush Fowler 
Lucy Douglas Gillett 
Robert Gowd>- 



John R, Kirwin 

Arthur S. Kneil 

Elizabeth Morgan Way Lozier 

Richard J. Morrissey 

Frederick L. Parker 

George D. Roe 

Frances Abbott Sackett 

W illiam T. Smith 



The Commillee of One llnndred was organized with tlic injlnwing 
officers, executi\e committee, and ad\isory board: — 



C. H. Abbe 
Lewis B. Allyn 
11. W. Kittredge 



.ucius F. Tha\er 
•Mwin B. Smilh 



COMMITTEES 



Invitation Committee 

h'rank Grant, Chairman 

Wm. B. Mahoney 
F. F. Shepard 



HoNOR.\RY Members 

Jas. C. Greenough 
Luther H. Beals 



PROGRAM 



This rommittec has sought to ohtaiii as compltte a list as possible 
of tin- names and addresses of former residents of W'estficld, and de- 
scendants of W'estfield famihes living elsewhere. To this end blanks 
were sent to many W'estfield citizens, on which they were asked to 
|)lace the names and addresses of friends and relatives formerly re- 
siding here, and in this wa\' the names of about four thousand of WVst- 
tickl's absent sons and daughters were obtained. Information alxuit 
tile approaching Quarter-Millennial Celebration has been sent to all 
of these anil subsc(|uently a formal antl urgent imitation to altenil. 
It is expected liiat thousands of these absentees will return to lenew 
old ar(|uaintan('es and associations on the occasion ol WCsilield's 

iul)iie('. 



Music Committee 



II. J. Cleveland, 



Lewis B. Allyn 

Mrs. I'atty Lee (lark 

( '.lemi B. C'owles 



Chairman 

( jco. L. Gaylord 
Frederic Goodwin 
Mrs. K. G. Parker 



This committee has in charge the music of the celebration. It has 
secured the services of Short's band of Springfield and of the fauKJUS 
I()4th Regiment band. These bands will be in W'estfield during the 
cekbr.ition and will play at the various events of the celebration, and 
will also give several concerts. Other musical organizations will also 
be secured for the Military Parade on Wednesday, September 3. 



Jcilin Carl 
W. J. Chapman 
James Condron 
Fred K. Beats 
F. C.. r-"arr 



Committee on Decorations 

P. \, Hall, Chairman 

C. A. Kinard 

M. R. King 

J. H. Power 

I". L. Squire 

Louis I). Wheeler 



Property-owners and business houses are requested to confer wiili 
this committee before arranging for decorations, in order that the 
committee may be able to carry out its plans for a unified and artistic 
color-scheme of decorations and a more beautiful general efl'ect tiian 
would result from indi\idual efforts. 



Historical Souvenir Program Committee 

William F. Lyman, Chairman 
Ray L. Bartlctt Miss Louise E. Snow 

E. G. Clark Miss Mary S. Thayer 

Miss Elizabeth ^L Hooker 

This Ijook has been published under tiie auspices of this committee, 
which, after considering se\eral plans, placetl the publication of the 
book in charge of three W'estfield citizens, Messrs. Kdgar H. I'lummer, 
Carl K. W. Welcome, and M. (). T. Coleman, "Westfield's 250th .Anni- 
\ersary .Association." The\- lia\-e assumed financial resiionsibilitx-, 
but a generous portion of the book has been at the disposal ol the com- 
mittee, aiul all the subject-matter has been submitted to its approval. 
The conniiittee takes this opportunity to extend its thanks to the 
merchants, manufacturers, and professional men who have generoush- 
sii|)porle(l tile ]iroject iiy their ad\ertising. 



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PROGRAM 



Committee for Marking of Historic Sites 



S. A. Allen 
Homer Bush 
Jas. A. Condron 
J. Chambers Dewey 

Mrs. Ih-iirv Holland 



Louis M. Dewey, Chairman 

C>eorge R. Keife 

(ieo. L. Lewis 

Dr. -A. Fowler Xoble 

Mrs. Maria Moselv Whitnev 



I lukr the direclion of this committee, placards giving interesting 
inloniialion have been placed upon numerous sites of historic interest 
abf)Ut West field. 



Committee on Transportation 

George D. Roe, Cluiirman 
R. C l.oomis, Vicc-Chairnuin 

Harry Lanipman 
D. 7. McCall 
Arthur C. Sauers 



Roy tlianibcrs 
Luke Corcoran 
T. S. Cudworth 



Tnder the direction of this committee, on the mornings of Septem- 
ber 1, 2, and 3, automobiles will be provided in order that visitors may 
be taken on tours about WVstfield, \isiting points of historic interest. 



has been used as a text book in all except the lowest grades and tests 
based upon it have been passed by the children. Essays upon sub- 
jects connected with the history of Westfield have been prepared by the 
students in the high school and a long planned and most interesting 
graduating program was carried out by the Senior class, based upon 
the history of Westfield. It may be said that practically all of the 
school children of Westfield now know something of the salient points 
in the historv of their town. 



Publicity Committee 

Cieorge W. .Searle, Chairmaii 
J. D. Bates Edwin W. Smith 



Finance Committee 

Lewis C. Parker, Chairman 
Jas. H. Clark Loring P. Lane 

This committee has charge of the proper expenditure of the funds 
provided for the celebration and the auditing of the same. 

At a Town Meeting, held jiih- 18, the sum of Sid, (Kill was appro- 
priated by the town to defra>" the expenses necessary for an adecjuate 
observance of the 250th Anni\ersary Celebration. 



Educational Committee 

Robert C. Parker, Chairman 
C. A. Brodeur C. D. Stiles 

Miss Mary h. Long Mrs. Xellie Shepard West 

Following the suggestions of this committee, a History of Westfield 
was prepared for school use, edited !)>■ the Superintendent of Schools, 
Mr. Chester I). Stiles, and sanctioned b\- the school committee. This 



Hostess House and Loan Exhibit Committee 

Mrs. Henry I). Chadwick, Chairman 
Mrs. Lillian .\very Miss Louise Snow 

Mrs. Frederic Goodwin Miss .Avis Waterbury 

Mrs. E. H. Plunier 

Under the direction of this committee and the auspices of the Art 
Department of the Woman's Club, a Hostess House will be opened in 



I'ROGKAM 



PROGRAM 

Sunday, August 31,1919 

MoKMM, 

All citizens, ffirnuT rcsidciUs, aiKJ quests arc iirjTCcl to attend I)i\ine 

an.l ..tlR-r objects of historiral inl.nM loaturl l.y mcnilKTs of service at the clHirch,.s ..f their choice. ,,r thc^ churches of their fatlu-rs. 

'I he clergymen ha\e been re(|iiesu-(l to prepare sermons appropriate to 



the huildins; ininiedialely soiilh of tlu' 1 ligh school, know n as the Slroni; 
house, which is now owned 1)>' the Town of Wesltield. Ihe house will 
l)e opened upon Saturday, August jU, and will remain o])en during; 
the days of the celebration, for the convenience of visitors and guests. 
Light refreshments will be ser\i'd during these ila>s and there 
will be an interesting exhibit of Colonial furniture, china, |)aintings, 

mi 
W'estfield families. 



Housing and Information 

Geo. E. Slup.inl, Jr., Chainnan 
Ward Kfo, \'iir- Chairman 



1). H. l.oomis 
Fred Schmidt 



F. H. .Scott 
(jeorge T. .Slaiitcr 



An Iniormation Bureau under the direction of this committee will 
be opened at the Town Hall, during the celebration, where \isitors and 
guests ma\' obtain informatinn on all jioinis connected with the cele- 
br.ition <ind es])ecialK- with regard to axailable rooms, boarding houses, 
hotels, gar.ige accommodations, etc. 



Publication of History of the Town of Westfield 



.\. Kcm 



Jas. H, (lark, Chuiniiaii 

(ico. \\ . Miner 



the occasion, and it is titling that Westfield's 25()th Anniversary 
Celebration should begin with the reverent turning of our thoughts 
to Cod, the (ireat leather of us all. 



Committee on Historical Addresses 

\\ 111. 1'. .Sinilli, Chairman 

Eugene Uohcrty 



Lewis B. .\llyn 

Dr. James B. .^t\vatcr 

T. J. Cooley 



Judge R. C. Parker 

Kcv. Robert Keating Smith 



Event N(; 

7.30 p.^t. 

I\Iethodi,-^t Iqjiscopal Chinch 

Historical Meeting 

Historical addresses will be delixered by speakers of note, conver- 
sant with the history of W'estfield. and an apjjropriate musical pro- 
gram will be rendered. This occasion will be one of the most inspiring 
of the celebration, and should be attended fiy all who take an interest 
in the historv of their town. 



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~ PROGRAM ~ 

Labor Day 

Monday, September 1, 1919 

I\I()RM\(. 

During tlio mornings of Septenil)er 1, 2, and ,\ auldnioljilcs will be pro\idcd under the direction of the Committee on Transportation 
to carry \isitors to places of iiistoric interest about W'estficld. 

Afternoon 

YE PAGEANT OF WESTFIELD 

PRESENTED AT 



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WOLF PIT MEADOWS 



Executive Board 



Mrs. Patty Lee Waterman Clark, Chairman 

Mr. Williain K. Buschiiiann Mrs. Mary Myers Parker 

Mrs. (iraic DiMon Doherty Mrs. Frances Abbott Sackctt 

Mrs. Harriet Dyson Kly Rev. Robert Keating Smith 

Mrs. Klizabeth Bush I'owler Miss Catherine E. \easv 

Mr. Edgar Lathrop Cillett Mrs. Eva Phelps Wright 
Mr. Edwin Bancroft Hedges 



Historical Censors 



Mr. Louis M. Dewey 

Mr. Frank Grant 

Mr. James C. Greenough 



Re\'. John H. Lockwood 

Mr. Lucius F. Thayer 

Mrs. Maria Mosely Whitney 



Director 

Mr. Harry E. Munsey for The John B. Rogers Producing Company, Fostoria, Ohio. 



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PROGRAM 



Pageant Committees 



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Mr 

Mrs. Cornelius Atwater 
Mrs. E. D. Avery 
Mrs. J. W. Benjamin 
Mrs. Henry K. Bolton 
Mrs. Eugene Brisette 
Miss Carrie ("anipliell 
Mrs. Francis ("aouette 
Mrs. Orville ( . ( arpenler 
Mrs. William J. Chapman 
Mrs. Cieorge W. Clapp 
Mrs. Cieorge \\. Collier 
Mrs. C. W. Deming 
Mrs. Frank H. Dorman 
Mrs. Frederick N. Ferry 



i. Cnue 
Helen ( 



Costumes 

Dillon Dolierty, Chairman 
loodell Hull, Viie-CUairman 
Mrs. Esther Hays 
Mrs. Sadie Kno.\ 
Mrs. J. Edward .Mesick 
Mrs. Harry -S. Miller 
Mrs. .A. I". Osborne 
.Mrs. Collins Pomeroy 
Mrs. F. A. ['helps 
Mrs. C. K. Prince 
Mrs. E. J. Robertson 
Mrs. Herbert (). Sanford 
Mrs. Fred .Schmidt 
Mrs. Robert J. Tubbs 
Mrs. Mary Twining 



I'~CNns 



Mr. William K. Bnschmann, Chairman 
Miss Mar\' I.Nnian, Vire-Chairman 



Mr. Charles .Avery 



Mr. Harris B. Moidton 



P.\GE.-\NT Grounds 

Mr. F^dgar L. C.illett, Chairman 

Mr. William K. Bnschmann, ) 

Mr. Ivlwin B. Hedges, / Vicc-Chairmcn 

Rev. Robert Keating Smilh, ' 

Mr. James W'. llag.ir .Mr. Haxid Moseley 

Mr. Cieorge Jacln ni Mr. I'rederick L. Parker 

Mr. |ohn R. Kirwin Mr. Ralph Prince 

Mr. T. T. Logie Mr. Charles Rehor 

Mr. George \V. I.oomis Mr. Ceorge W'. Rorabacl 



MlSCF.LLANF.OlS 

Mrs. Mary Myers Parker, Chairman 
Mr. C. K. Prince, Vicc-Chairman 
Miss .Anna Clark Miss .Susan Ri 

Mrs. .Arthur H. Kernen 
Mrs. Lewis C. Parker 



;vliss ."^usan Kussell 
Mrs. George .A. L'p.son 



Music 

Mr. Edwin B. Hedges, Chairman 
Mr. E. R. Hawle\-, Vice-Chairman 
-Mr. I uther Allen Miss Ida Lyons 

Re\ . W. .S. .Ayers Mr. Clarence Miller 

Miss Lena J. Bartlett Mrs. Harold .Moore 

Mi.ss .Alice Brown Miss F^lizabeth W'inslow- 

Miss Mary Furber Mrs. J. Freeman Wood 

Mr. Rudolph Kraloclnil 

Publicity 

Mrs. Harriet Dyson Ely, Chairman 
Mr. Edward C,. Clark, Vire-Chairman 
Mr, Harry Bailey Mrs. H. C. Lane 

Mrs. Roger Butler Mr. .Arthur Long 

Mr. Hempstead Castle 
Mr. Roy Chambers 
Mr. Thomas R. Cooley 
Mr. Chambers Dew'ey 



Mrs. J. Wells Loomis 
Mr. .Mather Mosely 
-Mr. F. I. Tooke 
.Mr. B. C. Wolcott 



Mrs. F'rances 
Re\-. Robert Kea 
Miss Catherine \ 
Mrs. E\a Phelps 

Mr. W'illiam .Ahern 

Miss Ida .Ashley 

Miss Helen .Austin 

Mrs. W. S. Avers 

Mrs. C. H. Beals 

Mr. Donald Bridgman 

Mrs. Donald Bridgman 

Mrs. Edward Carroll 

Mrs. Miles 1). Chish,,lm 

Mrs. Donald Clark 

Mrs. George Clark 

Miss Delia Couse 

Mrs. Frank Cowles 

Mrs. Edward Crotty 

.Mrs. William P. Dougherty 

Mr. Charles F. Ely 

Mrs. Leiand Gilnian 



Talf:\t 

Abbott Sackett, Chairman 
ting Smilh, 



easy, 
Wright, 



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f-Chairmen 



Mrs. Frederic (ioodwin 
.Mrs. Edwin B. Hedges 
Mrs. John Ilibbs 
Mr. Charles Hickson 
Mrs. Robert Hollister 
Mrs. John L. Hyde 
Mrs. Charles J. lies 
Mrs. Cieorge H. Janes 
Mrs. Louis Keefe 
Miss Mildred Kobera 
Mr. 11. C. Lane 
Miss Mary Long 
Mrs. Dennison Loomis 
Mrs. Peter Malone 
Mrs. James McCarthy 
Mr. Robert Mc.Mahon 
Mrs. Howard Noble 



PROGRAM 



Mrs. Morris l\)merantz 
Mrs. Ceorgc Pratt 
.Mrs. Burton F'riiue 
Miss Mildred Rehor 
Mr. James (>. Rivcr.s 
Mrs. James (i. Rivers 
Mrs. A. D. Robinson 



Mrs. Frederick H. Scott 
Mrs. Frederick F. Shepard 
Mrs. Matthew \V. .Shine 
Mrs. Harriet Strong 
Mrs. Henry G. Taylor 
Mrs. Michael W'holean 
Mrs. C. B. Wilson 



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Mrs. Elizabeth Bush Fowler, Chairman 
Mr. George E. Robinson, Vice-Chairman 



Mrs. Chester H. Abbe 
Mrs. S. A. Allen 
Mrs. Lewis B. .\\\\a 
Mrs. Collins Atwater 
Mrs. Charles H. Bartlett 
Mrs. James H. Clark 
Mrs. D. M. Cole 
Mrs. Charles Cooley 
Mrs. Harry Cowles 
Mrs. J. M. Dutton 
Mr, E. T. Fowler 
Mr. Darwin Gillett 
Mrs. Darwin Gillett 
Miss Lucy D. Gillett 
.Mrs. James Hagar 
Mrs. E. H. Hawley 
Miss Elizabeth Hooker 



Mrs. George Hubbard 
Mrs. Harry Ives 
Miss Mary Kasper 
Mrs. Joseph Ken>on 
Mrs. Robert Lane 
Mrs. Lillie L. Lilley 
Mrs. Harry Lozier 
Mrs. Richard J. Morrissey 
Mrs. Harold Moseley 
Mrs. Robert Parker' 
Mrs. Oren Parks 
Mrs. Helen Sadowski 
Mrs. Edwin VV. Smith 
Mrs. James Taylor 
Miss Mary Thayer 
Mrs. Charles Warren 



Foreword 

The Honorable William (i. Rates, in his address at Westfield's 
iirentennial ("elchration, said : "Our fathers surely provided us a 
:oodly heritage. They cast our lot for us in pleasant places on the 
wift gliding streams of Woronoco. Let us never forget that we are 
he guardians of its present and future prosperity." 

Lest we of to-day think lightly of this "goodly heritage," or neglect 
lur sacred guardianship, it has seemed wise to present to the people 
f \\'estfield, by means of this Pageant, a picture of the life of bygone 



years; that we ma\' lie reminded of the courageous eiuleaNor, the 
patient endurance, and the heroic fidelity to pur])(jse w hicli was exiiib- 
ited by those who founded this community. 

It is the hope of the thousand or more people who ha\e labored to 
portray these scenes that their efforts may be rewarded, not only by 
your enjoyment of the moment, but by the awakening of a lasting 
interest in town traditions and a determination to make this beautiful 
old Westfield continue worthy of those who loved and cherished it in 
days of yore. 



"Witness hero '^'e Days of Okie! 
See their wealth of life unfold. 
Glad of lieart, the record read 
Of high courage, faithful deed. 
As men wrought for Church and State, 
Giving all, so they be great. 
Years of growth and power ye see. 
Sign and seal of years to be." 



SYNOPSIS OF PAGEANT 



Episode I 

F.\TiTF.R Time .\xd the D.wvxixc. of Cre.\tion 

In the distance, out of the mist, a form is seen approaching, 
followed by several ghostlike creatures with veils drawn o\er their 
faces. As they advance, voices are heard singing a weird chant. 
When the mist clears, behold Father Time chanting: "I came I 
know not whence, — I go I know not whither, — for I am Time." 
Continuing this weird chant he passes on, but those who accom- 
panied him remain, and as strains of distant music are heard, the\- 
raise their veils and we witness the Dawning of Creation. 

The Comixg of the Txdi.xxs 

When this land was first explored, it was inhabited 1>>- the Red 
Man. Where this race came from, how man)- years it had rlwelt 



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here, and what jieoples it disiilared, \vc do not know. There are 
historians who l)ehe\e that the Indians were preceded i)y anotiicr 
race who hiiilt licautilul palaces and lar^e cities, which long ago 
crunihled into dust. Others suppose that mounds and various 
e\ idences of an earlier occupation were the works of the ancestors 
of these Indians. Therefore, witli no direct knowledge or evi- 
dences at hand of the ancestry of the Red Indian, iluir coming is 
merely symbolical. 

They were found li\ing in small \ illages and scattered in rox ing 
bands. Kxcryw Iutc, the early settlers canu' in contact with these 
peoi)le. 

Im)I.\n C.xmi' Willi lis rKi\iiii\i', Occri'.xrioNs 

Kxtremely ini|)r()\ ident. tlie\- cultixaled the soil \ery little, 
and depeniU'd almost cntireK' U[)on the chase. Hunting and danc- 
ing constituted their chief enjoyment. Their great interest in 
life was to i)rocure food and (k'\(nir it , and to subdue their enemies. 



Episode II 

1636 1669 

".Away willi care! Let evury lu-arl with qiiiclccn'cl fervor glow! 
While we brush away the rlu.sl from bygone years, and bi<l the records show 

The honore<l deeds of those who li\ed over two liiiiidred years ago." 

.About 16.S6, the company of William P},nchon and Deacon 
Chajiin traveled up the "Hay Path" from Boston to Agawam, 
afterward Springfield. 

Mary I'ynchon met |ohn HoKoke on the iourne\' from Boston, 
and the\- became lovers ;ind were afterward married. In his 
story called "Ba\' Path," Dr. Holland has Mary Pynchon name 
i\Iount Holyoke after her lover, and Mount Tom for a pet deer. 

The meeting with the Indians was friendly, and after the 
land was transferred, the "Pipe of Peace" was smoked. This 
ceremony always followed such transactions between the Indian 
and the White Man. 



The meaning of the written deed of transfer was explained to 
the Indians, and their representatives signed it by each drawing 
a picture on the jiarchment. 
The price paid was: - 

10 fathoms of w.imiium 10 knixes 

10 hatchets 10 blankets 

10 hoes 
The western portion of the land bought by \\'illiam P\nchon 
and the settlers contained a trading-post called by the Indians 
"W'oronoke." (iradually the settlers took over grants of land at 
"W'oronoco," the earliest recorded being in 16.S8. Because of its 
situation at the fork of two rivers which were watered by many 
streams, the name "Streamfield" was suggested; but in 1669 it 
was incorporated as the town of Westfield. 

Tm-; Pii)m:i:rs Coxqierim, the Forest 

The labors, the trials, and the sufferings of the Pioneers are 
remarkable features of the early life. The long and distressful 
winters, with sickness and famine, together with the sa\age war- 
fare of the Indians were very depressing; but liy a determined, 
holy purpose which has given to their times thetitleof "the heroic 
age of the Republic," — they conquered. 

"The Powers of the I-'orest an<l Powers of the River 
Here shall obey thee, working thy will; 
Pine boughs that whisper, aspens tfiat quiver, 
Sing to thee, "Contpier still." 

Episode III 
1676 

In 1676, an order came from Boston urging the inhabitants to 
abandon the town and move to Springfielil for protection from the 
Indian uprising known as "King Philip's War." 

"If you people be averse from our advice," — wrote Boston, — 
"we must be necessitated to draw off our forces from them (you), 
for we can not spare them, nor supply them with ammunition." 



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A meeting was held with all the settlers attending, and after 
\(ry little debating they returned to their homes having decided 
lo ignore the order from Boston. " * * * there is not a man 
among us hath any ye least inclination to remo\e that way," 
tho\' replied. 

Episode IV 
1725 

In 1725, the first Dame school was established in \\'estfield 
with the "Widow" Catherine Noble as the teacher. The Dame 
pursued her own spinning and household affairs while she taught 
ihe children. The girls were taught to sew and make "samplers." 
The boys who attended indulged mostly in mischief. All boys 
between the ages of six and twenty were obliged lo contribute 
toward the teacher's salary whether they attended or not. 

Episode V 

1775 

When the news of the Battle of Lexington reached Westfield 
and the surrounding country, the Minute Men came pouring into 
the town. A com|)any of se\enty men was immediateh' formed, 
which started at once, for Boston, commanded b>- Lieutenant 
John Shepard. 

General William Shepard, a veteran of the French and Indian 
War, was summoned to Roxbury, and afterward won great re- 
nown in the Revolution. 

Dance Symbolizing tiiic W.\r of 1776 



Episode VI 

1783 

In 178.?, when peace was declared lietween Great Britain and 
the United States, a great celebration was helrl in Westfield, and 
General Shepard, who had just returned from the war, was the 



hero of the occasion. The whole town turned out for the festi\i- 
ties, which were held with great enthusiasm. 

Episode VII 
1800 

In 1800, the dedication of the old W'estfield Academy — which 
was to be partially supported by the state — was a scene of much 
satisfaction to the townspeople. At the close of the exercises the 
Honorable Samuel Fowler presented the keys of the Academy to 
Mr. Peter Starr, who was to be the first preceptor, or teacher. 
In the early days of the institution the teachers were called 
Preceptors, Preceptresses, and Lashers. 

The corner stone of a new building was laid in 1857, and when 
the Academy ceased to be, the funds of the trust were transferred 
to the use of the present High school. 

Episode VIII 
1860 

Dance Symbolic of Civil War (Synopsis) 

Joyous dancers symbolize peacefulness. Black clouds of war 
approach in the distance, and the dancers rush away. The Blues 
and Grays line up for battle. Others representing Love and De- 
votion make one final plea for peace, but are cast aside, and the 
battle begins. The Grays are defeated and the victorious Blues 
dance with joy. Love and Devotion return and plead with the 
Blues to help the Grays through their time of stress. The Blues 
then join theCirays.and all are reunited in a spirit of love and rec- 
onciliation. 

Episode IX 
1919 

Depicts the Beauty and Grow ni of Westfield 

Episode X 

Finale 



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Monday Eveninci— Old TIomk Xk.hi 

7..^() I'.M. 

Hand coiKi-rls dl Hall Mile Falls Park (Depot Squan-) and WVst- 
fii'ld (ircen by the l()4lli Regiment Band and Short's Band. 

All residents of West field arc expected to keep open house on this 
evening, with windows lighted, and doors hospitalily open, in order that 
\isitors and former residents who ma\' be in attendance ma\' call 
with the certaint\- of finding old friends at home to welcome them. 
Some members at least of each family should remain at home during 
the exening. 



Community Day 

Tuesday, September 2, 1919 

Community Picnic Committee 

G. E. .\ustin, Chairniai! 
COMMITTKE ON PirNIC 



U. C. Lane, Chairman 



Howard .\llen 
.Albert Balileda 
T. R. Bricn 
W. J. Chapman 
C. H. Cooley, Jr. 
Harry A. Cowles 
R. v.'. Dohcrty 
Tonv I'resco 
J. W. Hagar 
M. B. Harding 
L. K. HullisitT 



C. J. lies 
John J. Hearn 
loseph Kvitsky 
j. R. Jeffers 
Peter Jensen 
Robert P. Lane 
\\ . B. Looinis 
Eniil Motak- 
J. C. Tavlor 
C. B. Warren 



M iss 
Miss 
Ceo. 
Miss 
Thos 
Miss 
.\. L. 

D. L. 
H. U 
L. D. 

E. R. 



CoMMirrKic ON Knikrt.mnment 

I lederic (ioodwin, Chairman 

Florence Barker .Miss Mary Kaspar 

Bessie Carroll Miss Mary Long 

T. Chapman Miss Ida M. Lyons 

.\an Chapman Miss Florence Mahoney 

. K. Cooley Ur. R. .M. Marr 

Helena Ensign Kred. C. Parker 

Einlav .Mrs. Burton Prince 

. C.illelt Miss Mildred Rehor 

C.ladwin Kay M. Sanford 

Harden C. (".. Smith 

Hawley Miss Calherine Wesson 



H. 

L. 
D. 
G. 
R. 



Committee on 
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F. Bailey 
C. Coburn 
H. Comstock 
F. Marcoulier 
S. Miller 



P.XRKiNG OF Automobiles 

refl Dill, Chairman 

L. O. Peck 
.Silas Ponieroy 
K. .S. Rockwood 
J. H. W'hilteniore 



Mrs. L. B. .Mlyn 
Mrs. G. F2. .\ustin 
Mrs. Donald Bridgnian 
Hilda Brace 
Homer E. Bush 
Alice Cadwcll 
D. M. Cole 
Mrs. C. H. Coolev, Jr. 

B. A. Edgar 
Mrs. B. A. Edgar 

C. F. Ensworlh 
Katherine F"o\vler 
H. M. Gowdy 
Mrs. H. M. Gowdy 
Mrs. Robert (iowdv 
Mrs. L. D. Harden' 
Ruth Harden 

Mrs. J. Hibbs 
C A. Hickson 
Mrs. C. I-".. Ilcilmes 
Mrs. Edward Hull 
Mrs. Frederick Hull 
Mrs. J. .\. Kenyon 



Co.MMITTEH ON RECEPTION 
Charles II. Bartlelt 



Chairman 
I.. L. Keefe 
Mrs. H. \V. Kittredge 
Mrs. Robert .M. Marr 
Miss Vesta Mitchell 
A. G. Norton 
H. G. Noble 
Mrs. Howard G. .Xoble 
Rachel Packard 
Oren E. Parks 
F^llene Porler 
Mrs. C. K. Prince 
Mrs. James Rivers 
Miss Romaine Ronan 
Helen Sanderson 
F. P. Searle 
Mrs. V. F. Shepard 
Mrs. M. \V. Shine 
Chester D. Stiles 
y.t;. Willis 
Elizabeth Winslow 
Mrs. G. W. Winslow 
Rul h Wood 



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12 M.— 2 P.M. 

Community Picnic 

Location, Crane Land east of Mill street and .south of West Silver 
treet. Entrance from Mill street. 

This large lot, centrally located, provides ample space for the 
athering of a large number of people. Ample parking space will be 
irovided at one end of the lot for automobiles, which may be checked 
nd will be under police protection. 

Families and individuals are invited to assemble at noon, bringing 
)askets of provisions and arranging themselves in groups of families 
nd friends. Numerous booths will f)e provided, where light lunches, 
rankfurts, pop corn, candy, ice cream and soft drinks can be purchased- 
F5ands will play during the luncheon hour. 

.A Reception committee will provide a Reception and Rest Tent, 
nd its members will be of general assistance in directing people about 
he grounds, and promoting the general convenience and pleasure. 

An emergency Red Cross tent with a corps of nurses in attendance 
rill be provided in case of accident or illness. 

2 TO 6 P.M. 

Program of Sports, Folk Dancing, and Entertainment 

Baseball Game 

Local Teams for Town Championship 
Cash Prize 

Basket Ball Game 

Prize, Cup 



Tugs of War 

Smith (\)iTipany Teams 

North Side vs. South Side 

Westfield Mfg. Co. vs. Foster Machine 

Cash Prizes 

Push Ball Contest 

Two Select Teams 

Societies 

Cash Prize 

Track Events 

Grammar School Pupils 

Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Grades 

Two Classes Entries 

(A) Below 100 lbs. weight 

(B) Over 100 lbs. weight 
Two 100-yard dashes 

Two 50-yard dashes 
Two 50-yard dashes 
Two Potato Races 
Two Egg Races 
Two Sack Races 

Prizes, Selected Articles 



Folk Dancing 

3-4 P.M. 

By groups of children from the Public Schools 

Direction of Miss Mary Long 



Boys 
Boys 
Girls 
Boys 
Boys 
Boys 



PROCJRAM 



Community Singing 

4 I'.M. 

Under direction of Mr. l^rederic (ioodwin 



Dedication and Welcome Home Day 

Wednesday, September 3, 1919 



1.30 P.M. 



TuKSD.AY Evening 

P.\RK Sgu.\RE 

Park Square will be elaborately decorated under the direction of the 
committee on decorations, and illuminated with myriads of colored 
lights. The pavement will be cleaned and the sc|uare roped ofT and 
closed to traffic. 



TJO I'.M. 
Band con(-(>rts by the 1fl4th Regiment Rand and Short's Rand. 



8.30 I'.M. 
Community Dancing on the Square 

Witii music 1)\- the bands stationed at either end of W'esttiel 
("ipeen. 

C"arni\ al hats will be pnnided by the committee in charge. 



Military Parade 

Parade Connnittee 
D. F. Doherty, Chairman 



H. J. Cleveland 
•August Busrhmann 
C. F. Ely 
K. T. Fowler 
George Jacln in 



\Vm. B. Mahoney 
Dr. T. E. Power 
A. D. Robinson 
S. K. Smith 



A special feature of the third day of the .Anniversary Celeliration 
will be the "Welcome Home" to the W'esttield bo>s who ser\ed their 
country in the World War. Westfield soldiers, sailors, and marines 
will be gi\-en the place of honor in the .Military Parade. 



Committee in charge of Westfield Service Men's section represeiu- 
ing Westfield Post, American Legion. 

Walter Q. Carl, Vice-Commandant 

Thomas Scanlon, Adjutant 

Edward Sheehan, Finance Officer 

Noah Duperraiilt, Historian 

Leroy C. Codding, Chaplain 



Kciilien Benian 
Joseph Ciillcn 
Ernesl Decker 
.Arthur B. l.ong 



Robert P. McMahon 
Harokl Whitteniore 
Joseph C. W'holean 



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TIr' foUdwing organizations lunc been in\ iU'il to paitiiipalc in tiie 
-•arade : — 

Coi.cjMAi, Organizations 

Lexington Minute Men 

Worcester Continentals 

Putnam Phalanx of Hartford 
Lyon Post, Orand Army of the Republic 
Spanish War Veterans of Springfield 
Major Leonard Post, No. 70, Veterans of Foreign Wars, 
of Springfield 

It is expected that a troo[) of United States Ca\alry will also be 
>resent. 

Line of March 

Parade will form on Depot Square and adjacent streets 
Xorlh IClm street 
(ireat River bridge 
Idm street 
Park Square 
Court street 
i )a\- avenue 
West Silver street 

Broad street to the General Shejjard monument for the Detlication 
Ceremonies. 

Dedication of General William Shepard Memorial 

3 P.M. 

Site- The triangular park south of Westfield Crcen 

The venerable Henry l-"uller, I'",s(|uire, for many years one of West- 
ield's leading attorne\'s, and most res|)ert(d citizens, ])assed away in 
191.^, leaving in his will a be(|uest of SIDOI) foi- llic purpose of erecting 
1 memorial to W'estfieid's I^c\ (ilul!onar\ hero, (ien. William ShepcU'd. 



This beciuest gave impetus to what had long been a desire on the part 
of many citizens of the town that a suitable memorial should be erected. 
At a town meeting a committee consisting of J. C. Greenough, Henry 
W. Ely, and A. D. Robinson was appointed to investigate and report 
on the matter. Action was deferred on several occasions, due to a 
feeling that the town could not afford the necessary appropriation in 
view of other pressing needs, but the committee by its own initiativ-e 
secured pledges to the amount of about $4000 from descendants of 
General Shepard, both here and elsewhere, and other interested citi- 
zens. In 1917, the town voted an appropriation of S3500 and added 
to the committee Messrs. Arthur S. Kneil and William T. Smith. 
This appropriation was recently supplemented by one of $750 for im- 
proving the grounds about the monument. This committee was 
empowered to erect and dedicate the monument. After careful con- 
sideration it selected Mr. Augustus Lukeman of New York City to 
design the monument. Mr. Lukeman, a student under Daniel Frciu li, 
perhaps the most distinguished of American sculptors, is the designer 
of the McKinley statue at Adams, "The Circuit Rider," and other 
works of merit. He is a man of rapidly increasing reputation in tin- 
artistic world, and it is generally agreed that the committee has been 
fortunate in its selection of sculptor. In the statue of General Shepard, 
Westtield possesses not only a dignified and worthy memorial to iur 
distinguished son, but a valuable and enduring work of art w iiicii she 
may always regard with pride and satisfaction. 



Henry VV. Ely 
Joseph B. Ely 
Edgar L. C.iliett 
P'rank (irant 
James C. Greenough 
Willis S. Kellogg 
Joseph A. Kenyun 
Arthur S. Kneil 
Jcjhn R. King 



General Committee 

t'h.irles J. Little 
William B. Reed 
Archie D. Robinson 
deorge W. Searle 
r<>ed F. Shepard 
Matthew W. Shine 
Edwin W. Smith 
William T. Smith 



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Reception Coniniittee 



lIlllIN W". I 

Chesnt 11. .\\,\.^■ 

S. Augustus Alk-n 

Prof. Lewis B, Allvn 

Heni-v W. Ashlcv ' 

Ida f. Ashk-\ 

Mrs. Lucy Collins .Atwatcr 

Dr. James B. .'Xlwalcr 

Rev. David B. .'Xvtron 

Mrs. Lillian (anipbell .\\(.My 

Rev. William S. .\yres 

Mrs. Marv Morse Barllctt 

Charles IL Beals 

1" rantes T. Boise 

Dr. (leorge W. Brace 

Charles J. Bradley 

Mrs. Martha Ingersoll Brecl<enrid 

Clarence .A. Brodeur 

William K. Buschmann 

.Andrew L. Bush 

Homer Bush 

Iose[)h D. Cadle 

Grace Carroll 

Mrs. Carrie Tohv Clark 

Dr. l-rederick I.' Clark 

Mrs. Nellie ICnsi^n Conner 

Thomas J. Cooky 

Har\ey J. ( leveland 

Mrs. James .Arthur Crane 

Rev. Adolph Dasler 

ICIiza AL Doane 

Daniel !■". Doherl\- 

Ktiyene Doherl\ 

DrrArchilmkl J. Douglas 

Mrs. Theodora W. Reed Drysdale 

Mrs. Jane Bush Dyson 

Herbert S. Platon 

Mrs. .Sarah Buell Kly 

William 1 1. Knsign 

Rev. ( ;eo. M. I'itzgerald 

Charles R. Fowk-r' 

KriwarrI T. k'owler 

Mrs. Kllen Sibley I'uller 

John J. I'uller 

Mrs. I'lorence Lawton Furber 

Charles M. Gar<lner 



ly, Chairmiin 

Mrs. Eliza Sniilli t.avlord 
.Mrs. .Sarah Dean (lajlord 
.Mrs, .Ada Hedges Gibbs 
Lucy L^. Gillett 
Robert I lowdy 
Mrs. Fallen Peebees (irant 
Marth.i ( irant 
Grace Hall 
Frank D. Hamilton 
Fldwin B. Hedges 
Dr. Robert D. Hiklreth 
Mrs. Jo.sei)h B. Hill 
Mrs. Henrietta Holland 
Mrs. Freda Steiger Hollister 
Rev. Clement F. Holmes 
Ige Rev. Conrad Hooker 

F^lizabeth ^L Hooker 
Dr. (ieorge H. Janes 
Mrs. Minnie Cadwell Janes 
Mrs. William H. Johnson 
Louis L. Kcefe 
Re\ . H. .Arthur Kcrnen 
Mrs F'mma I'rovin King 
Mrs. Jane .Avery Kingsbury 
Herbert W. Kittredge 
Edwin R. Lay 
Helen F^. Lewis 
Mrs. Lillie Lambson l.ilk\ 
Mrs. Elizabeth Lamberton Little 
■Mrs. Grace W'eller l.oomis 
Mrs. .NLirv Shepard l.oomis 
William j; McCarlhv 
Patrick J. McMahcm 
W'iUi.im B. Mahoney 
Dr. Robert IL Alarr 
.Mrs. Ira Miller 
Morrell 1 1. Moore 
Richard J. Morrisscy 
.Mrs. .\an Wilcox Moseley 
Dr. .Anngenette I'owler Noble 
Howarfl G. Noble 
lames Noble, [r. 
Mrs. Eliza Noble 
Dr. James J. .Norton 
Mrs. Sadie Morse Noble 



Rev. Patrick J. O'Malky 

F^nuna J. Osborne 

Rev. A. D. Page 

Frank C. Parker 

Frederick L. Parker 

Mrs. Mary .Snow Parker 

Mrs. Robert F. Parker 

Oreii B. Parks 

Oreii K. Parks 

Rev. .Augustine F^. Phelps 

Clarence K. Prince 

Clara M. Reed 

Mrs. Ethel .Mallorx- Reed 

Mrs. John R. Ree<l 

Richard 1). Reed 

Mrs. William B. Reed 

Mrs. Ward Rees 

Mrs. Mabel .Shepard Robinson 

Mrs. Belle Shepard Ronan 

William R. Russell 

Ray .M. Sanford 

.Addie FL. .Shepard 

Charles William Shepard 

Fred H. .Shepard 

.Mrs. Helen Foote Skiff 

Mrs. .Alice .Shepard .Smith 

Dr. Fxlward .S. .Smith 



Philip C. Smith 

.Mrs. Philip C. Smith 

Rev. Robert Keating Smith 

.Mrs. Koljert Keating Smith 

De.\ter .A. Snow 

Franklin A. Snow 

Fallen W. Talniadge 

.Mrs. Edward Taylor 

Harriet .A. Taylor 

Henry G. Taylor 

Mrs. Henry G. Ta\lor 

Mary .S. Tha\cr 

.Mrs. Etta Snow Turner 

.Mrs. Delia Lee Van Deusen 

Col. F>iwin R. Van Deusen 

Rev. Gabriel J. V'an Roth 

Rev. Koslantinas Vasilauska 

Mrs. .Mary Owen Walkley 

Mrs. Fata .Snow Waterman 

.Arthur F. Way 

John T. Way 

George F^. Whipple 

Mrs. F'lorence Fuller Whitney 

Mrs. Maria Moseley Whitney 

Dr. Walter IL Whitnev 

Mrs. Alice Walklev Wi'nslow 



.\rchic 
Mrs. Lu.\ l.i(tle Abbe 
Park W. Allen 
Leonard C. .Atwater 
W illiam F^ .\l water 
Helen M. .Austin 
Charles I^. .A\ery 
Fannie Baber 
Frank P. Barber 
William I.. Barllett 
Joseph D. Bates 
Lindsay .A. Bolio 
.Alice Cr.iry Brown 
ICdward C. Bryan 
Florence W . Burke 
William Seth Bush 
.Sumner B. Campbell 



Committee of Arrangements 

D. Robinson 



Chainmiii 
Wilbur G. Cargill 
Rose Carroll 
.Anna Clark 
Edward ( .. Clark 
James IL Clark 
Dennis M. Cole 
Mrs. C.eorge W. Collier 
Dr. Wallace J. Collins 
.Arthur (i. Cook 
Mrs. FJhel King Cowles 
Frank F^. Cowles 
Glenn B. Cowles 
Harry A. Cowles 
Edward G. Grotty 
Charles .A. Uewey 
Frank S. Dcwcv 



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Louis M. Uewey 

Thomas J. Dewey, Jr. 

Edward F. Diehl 

Mrs. G. Fred Dill 

Mrs. Eugene Dohcrty 

Nellie .A. Doherty 

Cornelius F. Donovan 

Dr. Julius M. Dutton 

Mrs. Catherine Freed Ensign 

Charles F. Ensworth 

John P. Fogarty 

-Albert E. Fowler 

Eloise I. Fowler 

John H. Fowler 

Mrs. Mary .Allen Fowler 

Louis M. Fuller 

Lester E. Gibbs 

Darwin L. Gillett 

Harry W. Gladwin 

Mrs. Leona Hale Gowdy 

Archie O. Granger 

.Arthur E. Green 



Rev. John H. Lockwood 

Mrs. .Axie Van Deusen Logie 

Mrs. Fannie Parsons Looniis 

George VV. Looniis 

Mrs. Mary Noble Looniis 

Mary E. Lyman 

Dr. Joseph Maroney 

Mrs. James C. McCarthy 

Preston T. Miller 

Mrs. Frances Hassler Morrissey 

Mrs. Richard Morrissev 

Arthur C. Mosely 

Harris B. Moulton 

Horace G. Nelson 

Clifton A. Noble 

Mrs. Howard G. Noble 

James M. Noble 

Arthur G. Norton 

Mrs. Frank C. Parker 

Mrs. Rose Tracy Parker 

Henry B. Prout 

Harry B. Putnam 



Mary E. Steimer 
Harry R. Stiles 
Edward H. Taylor 
James Tierney 
Frederick J. Tooke 
George A. L'pson 
Henry M. Van Deusen 
Mrs. May Van Deusen 



Spencer M. Van Deusen 
Dr. George A. VValkley 
Mrs. Jennie .Austin Warren 
Mrs. Nelly Shepard West 
William C. Wholean 
Bernard C. Wolcott 
Mrs. Irma Dvson Wolcott 



Mary Grant 


Ward Rees 


J. Lyman Gray 


Edith M. Robbins 


Mrs. James W. Hagar 


Howard Shepard Robinson 


Henry W. Hallbourg 


George E. Robinson 


Derwin G. Hanier 


Mrs. Julia Noble Rockwood 


Mrs. Isabelle Gladwin Hedges 


A. Romaine Ronan 


John J. Hearn 


Leona S. Ronan 


Malcolm B. Harding 


Dr. Edward J. Sammons 


Mrs. Edward .A. Herrick 


Herbert O. Sanford 


Charles .A. Hickson 


Mrs. Irene Sauter Sanford 


Edward E. Hinsnian 


Leigh Sanford 


Robert C. Hollister 


Fred Schmidt 


William W. Hosmer 


Dr. .Arthur T. Schoonmaker 


Harold E. Howard 


Fred H. Scott 


George E. Hubbard 


George H. Sharp 


Edward H. Hull 


Dr. Wallace F. Shaw 


Frederic Hull 


Mrs. Charles W. Shepard 


Edwin ^L Huniphre\ille 


Edwin F. Shepard 


.Mrs. Charles P. lies 


Mrs. Mary Chapman .Shine 


George E. Judson 


Geo. T. Slauter 


Eliza E. Kellogg 


Charles G. Smith 


Mrs. May Sizer Ken\on 


Mrs. Clara Gibbs Smith 


Mrs. Sadie Barnes Knox 


Edwin J. Smith 


Mrs. Harry C. Lane 


Mrs. Florence Ely Smith 


-Maud .A. Lewis 


Miss Louise E. .Snow 









Special seats will lie reserved in the stands for descendants of Gen- 
eral William Shepard and for the descendants of other Revolutionary 
soldiers accredited to ^^'estfield ; also for members of the Grand Army 
of the Republic. 

Order of E.xercises 
Music 
Invocation 

Address by Mr. Henry W. Ely, Chairman of the Committee 
Introduction of the Sculptor 
Presentation of the Monument 
Unveiling of the Monument by a descendant of General 

Shepard 
Acceptance of the Monument 
Oration 

Addresses by distinguished invited guests 
Hymn, ".America" 

Wednesday Evening 

A banquet and fitting entertainment will be provided by the town 
to welcome home the sons of Westfield, soldiers, sailors, and marines, 
who have been in the Service during the World War. 



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The 250th Anniversary Ode 

oh, Wcstjicld oil tlic WY'stfu'ld ! To tlicc our thou^lits return, 
Our loving thoughts, our grateful thoughts, for thee our pulses yearn. 
I'roni Alquat's years in Woro)wke, from Streamfield's early days, 
'Ph\- sons and daughters cherish thee, and joy to sing thy praise. 

Wlun the moon is shining brigiitly, h(;w we long to steal away 
To thy silver-flooded meadows, where the gentle breezes play! 
How th\' sunlit slopes are calling us to stand where once we stood. 
How our hearts think till they're aching of thy wild-flowers in the wood! 

Thy hills whose rugged outlines are mingled with our dreams, 
Thy winding moody river, fed l)y its crystal streams. 
The plains beyond the valley, thy beautiful old trees, 
Bring happy inspirations, and all thy prospects please. 

The far-famed old Academy, the Atheneum's nooks, 

Lent thee for generations the helpfulness of books. 

Churches and schools, and industries of country-wide renown 

Have made thee once, and make thee still, (jid //(;w/)rfe«'i- banner town. 

Thou gavest of thy dearest, whene'er the Nation called, 
Not once or twice, but every time, by danger unappalled; 
Thy women could not falter, thy men could never lag 
In mercy and for justice, in hallowing the F/as;. 

From decade unto tiecade, from father unto son, 
Increased thy fair inheritance of needful tasks well done; 
Thus sturdily and earnestly thy inner life has grown. 
Unharmed by want or riches, peculiarly thine own. 

There's a Something indescribable, which, wantler where we may, 
Makes Westfield hearts cling close to thee. VWcall it Westfield's Way. 
We feel thy homelike welcome, as back to thee we throng. 
With memories most tender, with loyalty most strong! 



All Rights Reserved 



Publishers of the Official Souvenir Program 

Westfield's 250th Anniversary Association 




I .<iuis 1' ai 'i.iii t'iai 111 LU II 






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Prcsidctit and Editor 

For over five years Mr. Plummer has made a careful study of 
iournaiisin, writinK tnany articles, and publisliinK several magazines. 
As a wise and efficient advertising man. he enjoys the confidence 
and admiration of his co-workers. Under his management many 
successful undertakings have been carried out. among wliich is tlie 
publishing of this book. He is a member of the Westfield Board of 
Trade, Western Hampden Historical Society, U. A. and N. A. 
Press .Associations. At present Mr. Plummer is associated with 
Forbes & Wallace, Springfield. 




Secretary and Treasurer 

Born February 6, 1883, in Westfield. Massachusetts, marrying 
Miss Mary E. Harries. September 19, 1905. Their son Carl H. 
was born October 4. 1909. 

He chose the hobby of stamp collecting twenty-six years ago, 
now having a very large general collection besides collections of the 
Philatelic side lines, coins, medals, etc. He belongs to all the im- 
portant stamp societies in the United States. 

Fraternally he is a member of the following bodies: Mount 
Moriah Lodge A. F. and A. M.; Evening Star R. A. Chapter; 
Westfield Council R. and S. M.; Springfield Council R. and S. M.; 
Springfield Commandery. No. 6. K. T.; Evening Star Lodge Per- 
fection 14°; .Massasoit Council Princes of Jerusalem; Springfield 
Chapter Rose Croi.x; Massachusetts Consistory S. P. R. S. 32°; 
Melha Temple A. A. O. N. M. S.; Bella Grotto No. 37; Golden 
Chapter No. 5. O. E. S.; Past Commander James B. Lay Camp 
No. 44 S. v.; Mount Tekoa Commandery No. 2 72; .\ncient Order 
United Workmen; The Westfield Board of Trade, and Western 
Hampden Historical Society. 

He has been employed for the past nine years as paymaster of 
The H. B. Smith Company. 

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Director 



The Pictorial Editor of the pictures found in this issue came to 
Westfield in 1874 and has continuously done business at the 
Coleman Studio ever since. Coleman avenue and Woronoco 
avenue are monuments of his business energy and enterprise. 



Industrial Westfield 



PAST AND PRESENT 








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An Old Westfield iNnrsTRV 



may \>v (if inlrrrst lo look l)ack to the clays of enterprises which. 
ihoiij^h small, contrilniled their share to the growth and wealth 
ol the (own. 

What seems to ha\c liei'n the first deparliire from farming In' 
the settlers ol the W'oroiioco \alle\- was the producing of tar and 
tiirpeiiline. ihe trees, from which these articles were taken, growing 
abiindantU on the plains surrounding the town. 

A mill for working hemp stood near the site of the Kuss Gelatin 
("o. on I'nion street. 

.At Mundale, at one linn- (ailed "Hoop-l'ole," cordage and powder 
kegs were produced about 1820. Tanneries were common on the 
streams about thi- town, one bt'ing located at the west corner of 
SiKer and Pleasant streets. 

In former years wagons and plows were manufacturefl at lower 
Broad street. 

Among other industries which might be mentioned, was the 
manufacture of cotton twine, satinet, fishing tackle, archery goods, 
shoes, whip sockets, caskets, wooden ware, and steam engines. 

But the old shops of yesterday, and their operatives, are gone. 
The cunning machinery of to-day fills their places, and the glory of 
the time-ser\ing apprentice is a matter of the past. 



This was the start of the Main street plant of the H. B. Smith Co. To-day the industries of Westfield are diversified, and cover 

The picture shows one of the boats in the "Basin" of the old canal, many lines of work, and some of them are of great magnitude and 

the historic waterway that made Westfield a port, with communi- financial standing. Among these, is the immense establishment 

cation by water with points north and south. ni ilif Westfield Manufacturing Company. 



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Westfield Manufacturing Company 



WESTFIELD is the leading bicycle center of the universe. The 
Westfield Manufacturing Company makes more high grade 
bicycles than any other manufacturer anywhere. This large 
plant is looked to for the latest improvements and designs in bicycles, 
as Paris is watched for the latest styles in women's attire — in other 
words, Westfield bicycles are the standard bicycles of the world. 

The Westfield Manufactur- 
ing Company is situated in the 
Lozierville section of Westfield 
and is a large and modern 
plant employing in normal 
times approximately 900 peo- 
ple, while at times this number 
has been as high as 1200. One 
million^ fifty-two thousand, four 
hundred and eighty-seven dol- 
lars (S1,0.S2,487.00) was paid 
out in wages to Westfield 
people by the Westfield Manu- 
facturing Company during a 
period of one fiscal year which 
has recently ended. The fac- 
tory is ideally situated at the 
edge of the town in the midst 
of clean, open fields, and work- 
ing conditions are the very best. 
have worked for many years 




A great many 
in this same 



it the em])luyees 
factory making 



bicycles and naturally lia\e become experts and take great 
pride in the product which they help to produce. This attitude 
toward their work has helped to obtain for Westfield bicycles the 
enviable position which they now hold in the bicycle industry. 

The plant of the Westfield Manufacturing Com]iany is made up 
of ten large buildings devoted exclusively to the manufacture of 



Westfield bicycles anil velocipedes. A spur track of the New York, New 
Haven and Hartford Railroad enters the plant, greatly facilitating 
receipt of raw material and shipment of the finished product. 

"Bicycles is Bicycles" to most people, but a trip through the 
plant of the Westfield Manufacturing Company soon convinces a 
visitor of the fact tliat Westfield bicycles are the best in the world 

because of the care and skill 
put into their manufacture. 
The leading Westfield brands — 
Columbia, Crescent, Ramliler, 
Cleveland, Tribune, and Pope 
bicycles — are well known and 
ridden throughout the entire 
world, and the makers have 
foinid an ever increasing de- 
mand for their product in the 
past few years. Indication ol 
the wide scope of their distri- 
bution is found in the fact 
that Westfield bicycles are 
being shipped to Holland, Den- 
mark, Sweden, Spain, France, 
Italy, Africa, I^ra/.il, .Argen- 
tina, Colombia, Chili, and nther 
countries in large numbi-rs. 
Many thousands of dollars are spent each year in ad\'ertising the 
leading Westfield product — Columbia Bicycles — in national publica- 
tions. Thishas reflected to Westfield's advantage in bringing the name 
of the town before manufacturers looking for a good place to locate. 
The Westfield Manufacturing Company played an ini|)ortant 
part in the winning of the war. After exhaustive tests by govern- 
ment engineers the Columbia Bicycle was selected as the best bicycle 
for use by our troops abroad. Orders for over 35,0(10 nf these Mill- 



tary wluols wc-ro iilarcfl with the Wcsttield ManufarUiriTijj (■()iiii)aii\ . tliis work. These Iniildings arc now being used to take care of the 
Main- llidusandsof these l)icycles pla\('<! an acti\e pari in (he aclual con^l.inlU growing l)ir>rle business. .Added distinction has been 
warfare at the front. Soldiers have iirotiiibl reports of the tisefuhiess gi\in to Westfield and to the compan\- l)\' the statement made by 



of the ("oiunil)ia Military I\b)del in tin- battle zone. 

The manufacture of [hv Westheld Military Bicycle, howe\-er, 
was a small portion of the wurk w liirli ilu' com|)ain' did for the goxcrn- 
nieiit. Ab)st of the famous "7.^" gas shells, which b\ m,in>' h.ixe 
l)een considert'd the most imi)ortanl factor in the wiiming of (he 
w.ir. were turned out ,it the \\ V'^l lielil pi, ml. It w.is ni'cessar\- lor 
the C(imp,iii\ 1(1 eitct .iddit ioii.il linil(|ini;s in order to t.d<e cari' ot 




Ordnance 1 )epartment experts that the shell made in Westfield carried 
the highest standard of any gas shells made at any plant in the country. 



rile lollou ing IS 
W . (". Walker, 
C. i:. Walker, 
J. 1'. I'ogarty, 
S. V. Millett, 
N. R. ("larke, 
C. V. < ".orman, 
!.. I). Harden, 
J. E. Lyons, 
E. A. Mallov, 



a list of the otTicers of the company: 
President 
Vice-President 

Secretary and (leneral Manager 
Treasurer 
Assistant Secretary 
Controller 
Sales Manager 
Purchasing .Agent 
Ad\"ertising Manager 



Coi.cMniA Bicycle 



WESTFIP'LD BicNcles are of course sold by local 
dealers, practically all the leading lines being 
represented. 

F. P. Rouette of 20 Church street handles the 
Columbia Bicycle and the Pope-made line. He also 
stocks a complete assortment of motorcycle and bicycle 
accessories and has a large repair department in the 
rear of his store. 

I'.lm ('\(le and ^uppU' Co. — "The Store on the 
S(|uare" li,indle> Tribune and Pope-m.ide bic\-cles. 
This shop, f)wned by Joseph K\itsky and William \'elinek, is a new 
up-to-date shop devoted to the sale of bicycles, motorcycles, and 
auto accessories. 

Cle\ eland bicycles are sold by F. H. Cooley — School street. 
Mr. Cooley is the i^roprietor of Wcstfield's leading sporting good- 
store. 



Famous "75 
(Ias Shell 



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igrVoKks 





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The H. B. Smith Company 



PIONEER MAKERS OF 



BOILERS 

For Steam ami Hot Watir Heating 



RADIATORS 

I'or Direct and Indirect Systems 



MANUFACTURING PLANTS, WESTFIEED, MASS. 



Sales Offices and Warehouses 



Westfield 

New York 

Philadelphia 

Boston 

San Francisco 

Los Angeles 



57 Main Street 

10 East 39th Street 

17th and Arch Streets 

138 Washington Street, N. 

Holbrook, Merrill & Stetson 



President, Wm. T. Smith 
Vice-President Wm. B. Reed 

Treasurer Philip C. Smith 

Directors 
Officers Philip C. Smith, Jr. 

James M. Smith Edwin W. Smith 

C. K. Prince E. Barton Chapin 



A rude wood cut which has been revived of recent years in several 
publications and appears on page 75 of this book, shows the old 
Canal Basin near the present railroad crossing on Main street, a boat nl 
primitive type lying at the dock, and on the bank a small fountlry 
bearing on its front a sign: Iron Foundry & Stove Works. The same 
building appears in a sketch of Westfield Circen done in color by (ieorge 
Slowe as a boy of thirteen, in 18.^6, which now hangs in our Public 
Library. His picture was primarily of the old wooden church and 
buildings on the east side of the Green, but his \iew extended right 
across the open fields to the canal bank where now stands the works of 
The H. B. Smith Company. The old brick building of se\eral stories, 
with its steep roof, has been obscured b\- the more niodcjii buililings 



w hich (.'Xti'mi on all sicks, but it still forms the rear portion of tin- 
machine shop of three stories fronting on Main street. Here Lyman 
and Thomas A. Lewis manufactured stoves and did a general foundry- 
business when the jjroperty was acquired in 18,S3 by Hcnr\' B. and 
Edwin Smith, brothers, who started business under the name of H. B. 
Smith & Companv'. 

l''or some years, the princi])al product of the foundry was orna- 
nieiital iron fences, which were in great vogue at the time for veranda 
,nul cemetery work. 

Cp to about 1SC)S, the founilry was supplemenleil b\- a lumber yard 
w Inch extended south along the west bank of the canal, the two enter- 
prises being conducted under the one firm name. 



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It was n(H until about tlie year 1860 that the liusiiiess foiuid its 
)ermanent eharacter in the purchase from Samuel Cold of the patent 
ights for the manufacture of his new sectional cast iron boiler, and 
ndirect pin radiators, so-called. By developing these patents the 
1. B. Smith ("oinpany became the pioneer manufacturers of cast iron 
Kjilers and radiators; an industry tliat has become one of the largest 
n the country. 

At first, ai>out three tons of iron were melted d.iiK' into the boilers 
ind their accom])anying radiators. In 1859, John R. Reed cast his 
ot with the company, and under the combined push and pull of the 
:hree men the business prosperecl until 1863, when a new and larger 
•upola was reipiired, and the daih- melt rose to eight or ten tons. At 
hat time a two-story wooden building abutted on Main street and 
ormed the front of the works. It was connected by a low covered 
.vay across open ground to the old machine shop ne.xt in the rear. 
\ giant wooden wheel in the attic connected with a rope-fall from the 
Deak of the front gable was in place years later to idenlifx this 
juilding as the old freight storehouse of the Canal Basin. 

In 1872 the present building facing on Main street was put up 
iTider then adxanced mill construction plans, and to this date remains 
t practicalh' modern construction, .-^bout the same year the manufac- 
ure of the Mills water-tube, sectional, cast iron boiler was undertaken. 

In the late 6()'s, the manufacture of cast iron direct radiators for 
placement in the rooms to be heated began with the Whitticr bar 
adiatcjr, which was in extensi\'e use during the following decade. 
In 187S, John R. Reed patented a direct colunni radiator with 
iase and top which had a wide sale under the name of the Reed 
'adiator, for years following, until the present universal simpler type 
)f direct radiator Ciime into general manufacture about 1884. 

The business continued as a firm under its original name u]i to 
1879, when it was found desirable to organize a corporation and 
ncreasc the invested capital. John R. Reed was elected the first 
president and general manager; Andrew Mercer, vice-president, and 



Philip C. Smith, treasurer. These, with David S. and J. M. Smith, 
formed the board of directors. 

General growth led in 1884 to the purchase of an ample building 
site on the north side of the Westfield river, where a new radiator 
plant, having a floor area of about fifty thousand square feet, was 
completed. At that time the cupola capacity for both North and 
South Side foundries was about forty tons per day divided equally 
between the two foundries, and the total working force about four 
hundred men. A large addition to the North Side foundry was put 
up about the year 1900, and in 1910 the South Side, or boiler plant, 
was practically revolutionized by extensive additions and changes, 
including the most modern processes of manufacture and methods of 
handling product. The combined melt of the boiler and radiator 
plants is now about two hundred tons per day, when in full operation, 
for which a force of about tweKe hundred men is required. The prod- 
uct includes all tN'pes of boilers and radiators used in modern steam 
and hot water heating, including the smallest laundry heaters, 
portable round boilers for homes of medium size, and the largest 
sectional boilers for public buildings, furnished with or without the 
smokeless furnace, a late invention to meet the strict laws now 
enforced in cities of the bituminous coal regions. 

In the earlydays manufacturers of heatingapparatustook contracts 
and installed their products, and at one time the company had con- 
tracting offices at NewYork, Providence, and New Haven, but with the 
increase of the industry all contracting was in time turned o\er to the 
rapidly develojiing guild of steam and hot water engineers and con- 
tractors. 

During the war the company supplied heating material destined 
for camps, ships, shops, or buildings contributing to the winning of 
the war. To help in the emergency contracts were also filled for 
cast iron flanged fittings and fuse bodies forming the nose or detonat- 
ing head of trench mortar shells carrying high jiower explosives. 



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CRANE BROTHERS 



:l^s^^s 




I !) ID 



rgiUSINESS FOUNDED in l.S(i8 by Robert B. and James A. Crane. 
J pij i Main mill built in 1870. Manufacturing "Linen Record," "Jap- 
anese Linen," and "All-Linen" Papers. Mr. Robert B. Crane 
died June 21, 1909, and Mr. James A. Crane died Jul.v 22, 1910. After 
deaths of the original iiartners, the business was |)urchased by Me.ssrs. 
Crane & Co., Dalton, Mass., and is now conducted by them. 



ll^gllWlNG to the increasing demand for "Japanese Linen," the 
IBJ product of the mill is now confined to this line, the "Linen 
Record" and "All Linen" lines having been discontinued a few 
years ago. This paper has a world-wide reputation, and is largely 
used for commercial and professional purposes in this country as 
well as abroad. 





FIRST CRANE S MILL, 1868 



P R t S E N T M I L L 1 ' n J 



Sj 



The United States Whip Co. 



E[F. L. PARKER, President F. A. SANFORD, TreasurerJe 



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WESTFIELD, from its very start, has been known as the whip city of the world. Even 'way back when this was a small 
country with a small population, the whips which were used, although they were not large in numbers, came out 
of Westfield. Joseph Jokes is given the credit of producing the first whip that was ever used in this country. His 
whip was a crude affair, being merely a hickory stock with a lash braided on to it; but from that simple, crude begin- 
ning, there has developed in this country a business which furnishes not only all the whips used in the United States, 
)ut also furnishes practically all the whips that are used in all the foreign countries. A recent traveler to the farthest 
epths of India reports that even there, where the rudimgnts of living were so crude that it was almost impossible to exist, 
le found a well worn whip with a Westfield label on it. 

In the year 1855 there were about thirty small whip factories in Westfield. The largest of these was the H. Harrison & Co., 
/hich later became the American Whip Co. The other twenty-nine were soon merged into the American Whip Co., or ceased to 
xist. In the period between 1855 and 1893 many new concerns came into existence and the whip industry was probably at its 
leight. In 1893 the American Whip Co. became the basis for the formation of the United States Whip Co., which absorbed 
Imost all of the active whip concerns of Westfield, and to-day this concern does practically 85 per cent, of the whip business of 
he world. This factory has an output of thirty thousand whips per day, and if these whips were tied one behind another, they 
/ould reach a distance of thirty-five miles; it would take less than one hundred days to reach across the entire width of the 
Inited States; or about a year and eight months' production would make a continuous line of whips from Westfield around the 
ntire globe and back to Westfield. 

The materials used in the manufacture of whips come from all parts of the world. The rattan comes from the jungles 
round Singapore ; the rawhides come from the interior of India ; the rubber comes from South America ; the whalebone comes 
rom a species of the whale found in the Northern Waters ; the only material used to any extent in the manufacture of whips 
/hich comes from this country is the cotton yarn from the South. 

Westfield will stand, as she commenced, so long as whips are used, as the whip-producing city of the world ; and to-day 99 
er cent, of all the whips used are produced in this city. 



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W0RK5 AT WE5TFIELD. MASS. 



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HISTORY OF THE TEXTILE MANUFACTURING COMPANY 

r III:. Tfxiiie Manufacturing Company, a company formed for Erastus Collins, Westficld W.F.Johnson, W'estfield 

the purpose of manufacturing coflin and casket iiardware, was Henry W. Ely, Westfield L. H. Pease, Thompson ville 

corporated on March 27, IXSO, in the \ illage of Thompsonville, The compan\- derives its name from the manner in which the 

the town of Enfield, under the laws of the State of Connecticut. handles were made; the majority being co\ered by platting machines 

lecapitalstockof the company was SI 0,000, divided into 400 shares with various textiles of difterent colors. However, in recent years 

S25.00 each. The original stockholders and incorporators were: this method has been eliminated and, although cloth-covered bars 

iward C. Carpenter, Westfield Dexter Avery, Westfield are made, the greater portion of the goods are now made of cast 

«eph S. Clark, Westfield H.W.Morgan, Westfield metal, silver plated. 



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llic \\(irk>li()|) ()l llic ('()m|).iny was lirst situali-d In ilu- II. M. 
Smith Co. Iniildiiijj on Main street, W'esllii'lil. while the plaltiiii; work 
was done in the W'estticld Power Co. huildini;. l.att'r, in liSX4, the 
entire plant was mo\ed to one building and a lease executed with 
the W'estfield Power Co. lor the |)reniises occupied and the third 
floor of thi' Whitney building for a term not exceeding three years 
Ironi the 15th of November, 1S.S4. This lease was executed on 
Icbruary I'Mh oi that year. 

In Jime,1887, due to the ra|jid inc■rea^e in the \-olunie of business, 
it was considered necessary to take up the matter of erecting a factory 
suitable to take care of the work of tlu' company. Plans for this 
building, however, were not completed until June, 189*), when a com- 
munication was received from O. B. Parks and J. B. Atwatcr offering 
the company- a building site on their property on North Elm street 
at the corner of Westminster street. The proposition was accepted 
and the eriction of fjuildings started at once. In the early part of 
1 ''()() the coiiipaiu' mo\ed into the newly erected building. 

On November 29, 1890, Sumner B. Cam])bell was elected t(j the 
position of treasurer, made vacant In' the diath of J. C. Brooks; 
and in Dcccmfjer of that year, T. K. Baker was engaged to fill the 
position of general manager, which had also been held liy Mr. Brooks. 
On May 9th, Mr. Baker resigned and Mr. Camjibell was elected to 
fill both positions of treasurer and general manager. 

A branch company, under the name of the L'nited SiKer >!v Melal 
Company, was formed in January, 1903, to take care of the trade 
with casket houses exclusi\'ely and this line is still in operation. In 
August of the same year the entire plant of Eldridge & Company, 
of Taunton, Mass., was purchased for the making of name plates. 
This work was continued under the same name up to January of 
this year, when the name "Kldridge & Company" was eliminated, 
although the Eldridge line of plates is still being made. 

The manufacture of silver plated ware, consisting cJiietly of toilet 
sets for both ladies and gentlemen, was started in 1906. These goods 
wire made u|) to the time this country entered the war and it became 
so hard to si'cure Britannia Mel.il. ihe u^r ot which was restricled bv 



the goN'ernmeiil . Ilowiver, in January, 1919, this de|)artment was 
again opened up and at the present time is rapidly pnjgressing. 

The Perkins Mfg. Co. was established in 1908 b>' C. M. Perkins 
lor inanulacturing a unique line called Arabesque ware. Many useful 
and ornamental articles were made, such as fern dishes, book racks, 
sersing trays^and desk sets, but as the Textile Company did not have 
the proper facilities for doing this work, Mr. Perkins found it necessary 
to discontinue it in 1911 and locate elsewhere. 

In the latter part of 1912, due to the unsatisfactory financial 
condition of the company, it was deemed advisable, for the interest 
of those concerned, to place it in the hands of a receiver. Mr. Robert 
Ciowdy was electefl to this position. 

In October, 1914, I. T. .Mstrom, J. B. .\i water, and H. B. Moulion 
pri'sented a [)lan to incorporate the com|)any according to the laws 
of the Commonw'ealth of Massachusetts, giving it the name of "Textile 
Manufacturing Company" with a capital stock of >S100,000. The 
[)lan was accepted and these gentlemen proceeded to form a new- 
company to operate in the same way as the old and to remain in the 
old location. Their work was completed in time for the annual 
meeting of the stockholders in February, 1916. New officers were 
elected at this meeting: S. A. Allen, president; I". C. Willi.ini^ 
manager and treasurer; H. B. Moulton, secretary. 

From the time of re-organization up if) the present time the com- 
pany has progressed anti trebled its output. The year 1918 proved 
to be the best in the history of the company and present indications 
are that the ])resent one will be still better. Seven representati\'e: 
cover their tlifferent territories o\er the entire l'nited States and 
a part of Canada, and a certain amount of trade is carried on wit! 
foreign countries. At the last annual meeting, S. A. Allen was agai 
elecled president. F. C. Williams, manager, treasurer, and secretar\ 
while I. T. Alsirom of West S[)ringfield, Charles E. Coon of Gene\a 
N. v., representatives of the company in the South, and W. D. I^aile^ 
of Rochester, N. Y., repri'sentative in the Middle West, are the othe 
members of the board of directors. W. J. Briggs, Syracuse, .\ . ^ 
is pre>ident of the I'liitid Silxcr <!v Metal Comi)any. 



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Vitttificd (XlhccI Company 

OMPAXV organized in Ashland, Massachusetts, starting- business in 1872, being one of the first 
companies in the United States to make wheels by vitrified process. In 1879 they reorganized 
and moved to Westfield, Mass. Their new plant was built in 1905, on the present site, and since 
then the business has been tripled. Vitrified grinding wheels were used very extensively during 

the war for grinding shells and firearms, and in the manufacture 
of aeroplanes. Eighty-five percent, of their output was for war 
wt)rk. There has been a growing demand from foreign na- 
tions for their products. Recent shipments have been made to 
many foreign countries — England, Denmark, Holland, Spain, 
Erance, and Italy. Materials used in the manufacture of these 
wheels are all imported from India and South Africa. 

The officers are: G. L. Gaylord, President; 1. T. Alstrom, 
\'ice-President; E. R. Parks, Treasurer. 



Vitttificd lUbccI Co., 

lUestficId, IDassachusctts 




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HE FOSTER MACHINE COMPANY was incorporated in 1891. It was organized to manufacture a newly-invented 
macliine, designed for winding cotton knitting yarn in cone-shaped packages. The process was called Cone Winding, 
and the Foster Company was the originator of the process in the United States. The business started at the Old 
Grist Mill property on South Broad street, which included control of the " Brush Dam " and feeder, on Little River, 
and provided for the necessary power requirements of the Company at that time. 
The original shop afforded 7,500 square feet of floor space. At the present time 65,500 square feet of floor space are required, 
and the business has expanded from the manufacture of one machine for one line of work to what is known as the Foster Sys- 
tem of Winding, embracing the entire textile industry. 

Foster Products are used in practically every civilized country on the globe. The present oflicers of the Foster Machine 
Company are : President, C. R. Fowler ; Treasurer, E. T. Fowler ; Secretary, L. S. Lilley ; Sales Manager, T. E. Connor ; Super- 
intendent, J. 0. McKean. 



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First Mill 



Present Mill 



W. WARREN THREAD WORKS 

WESTFIELD, MASS. 

Makers of High-Grade Spool Cotton 

(200 to 12,000 Yards) 

Glazed Cotton Yarn and Threads of Every Description, on Spools, Tubes and Cones 

Our Dyeing and Bleaching Facilities are Unexcelled 



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WESTFIELD'S NEWEST INDUSTRY — THE MOST WCDERN PLANT OF ITS KIND IN THE WORLD 

AMERICAN ABRASIVE COMPANY 

MANUFACTURERS OF A A QUALITY ABRASIVES 

A MASSACHUSETTS CORPORATION 

Established in 1918 for the inirpose of manufacturing high-grade natural abrasives— specializing in CORUNDUM of the best grades obtainable, whi 
are imported from Africa and India. The product is used extensively in the manufacture of emery wheels, for lens grinding and polishing purposi 



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Mars Paper Company 

The home of the Mars Paper Company was originally The Morton IMili, manufacturing manila paper about 40 years ago. Mr. Horton 
L-lained this mill until he retired, selling the same to Crane Brothers, who altered it and built a dam. They manufacturetl their famous 
'Japanese All-Linen" papers at this mill. In 1916, Crane Brothers sold the mill (which was known as Crane's Upper .Mill) to the Mars 
aper Company, who have remoileled the same for the manufacture of a very high grade of tissue paper 



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THE BRIEN HEATER COMPANY 



BRIKX HI'.ATKR COMPANY organi/od under the laws of the 
State of New \'ork: in 1898 to manufacture a new and im- 
proved t>pc of Warm Air Heaters, with factory located in Hoosick 
Falls, X. Y. 

In 1907 a number of peo[)]e in W'estficld becoming interested, 
the Company was reorganized, electing T. R. Brien, President; 
S. A. Allen, Vice-President; G. I. Hays, Secretary and Treasurer. 
The factory was located in Westfield and successfully manufactured 
15rien Heaters in a building on Depot Scjuare until June 1, 1918, 
at which time they mo\ed into a new and commodious faclor\- build- 
ing erected liy them, at tlie foot of Katherinc street, where they are 
now manufacturing the celebrated Hrieii Heater. The officers at 



ihe present time are: T. R. Rrien. President; S. A. .\llen, \'ice- 
Presidenl; and Thos. Dyson, Secretary and Treasiuer. 

In 1916, h,i\ing some difficulty in securing sufficient castings 
lor ihiir need, T. R. Rrien. [)resi(k'nt of the company, bought the 
loiindr\ buildings ot the W'estfiild l''oimdry Company and organized 
the Bay State Foundry Company for the purpose of furnishing cast- 
ings for the Brien Heater Company and doing a general foundry 
business. This foundry business has !)ecn very successful and is 
now eiiipln\ing ihiriy men, ni.inulariuring castings tor the Brien 
Heater Compain' and for se\cral large concerns in Springfield, and 
occupies an important part in our business life. 



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WE FURNISH THE TOWN OF WESTFIELU WITH ELECTRICITY 

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Russ Gelatin Company 

Factory in Westfield. Executive Office and Sales Department, 201 Devonsfiire St.. Boston, Mass. 

Organized 1917; Incorporated July, 191(S. The factory, formerly owned by the Spriny;dale Paper Co., is de- 
'Oted exclusively to the manufacture of edible tj-elatin, and is the larg"est plant of its kind in the United States. 

The product is shown by average analysis to be of a higher standard of purit\- than that established by the 
'nited States Department of Agriculture. 

The Russ (Gelatin Company is associated with II. l\ Russ Co., 201 Devonshire St., Boston, Importers and 
i^xporters of Hide Cuttings, Star Shavings, and Paper Sizing. 



Westfield Clay Products Company 

>V«ishi<;l<l, Mass. 

Maiuil'artiircrs of 

Smooth aiul Roiii^h Texture Face 
I'axiiiLi', Cummon, antl Sewer I hick 




For CHARACTER, ECONOMY, 
and PERMANENCY 

Build with "Westfield Brick" 



The material tliat hists fonder 



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JUMBO 

SPARK PLUGS 

Croxford 

RIM TOOLS 

WYLITE 

AUTO LAMPS 




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SYCO 

OIL VENEERS 

SYCO 

BRASS PASTES 
ALUMINUM PASTES 

FERRET 

HAND CLEANSER 

AUTO SPRAY 



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THE FEDERAL CORPORATION 

MANUFACTURERS OF DISTINCTIVE AUTOMOBILE ACCESSORIES 






NORTH ELM STREET 



WESTFIELD, MASS. 



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W'EsTFiiiLD Post Office 




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J. FULLER Experienced Contracto r 

In the Matuifdcture of 

Wood Turnings, Small Wooden Wares 
and tnameled Work 

ESTABLISHED MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS 
364 ELM STREET WESTFIELD, MASS. 




Rogers Sliver Company 



FORMERLY ROGERS 4 WHITNEY CO.) 

MANUf ACTURERS OF 



1 st.iblishrd I'HU 



Fine Casket Hardware 
and Trimmings 

WESTFIELD. MASS. 



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A. I. MERRICK. President 



EDWIN BRADLEV. Treasur. r 



Merrick Lumber Co, 

107 APPLETOX STRKHT 

IH)LVOKE, MASS. 

Lumber Merchants and (leiieial 
Wood W' orkers 

M;iruifa»turirs of and Dealers in 

Stair Work, Mmildino's, Doors. Sasli and liliiids, 
Paints, Oils, and (ilass 



BRANCH VARUS AT 

WHSTFIHl.l). NOKTHAMITOX, .WD li,\.S'm.\MPT()\ 



FEATHERBONE WHIP CO. 

MANUFACTURERS TO THE TRADE 
WESTFIELD, MASS. 



CHAS. H CLARK. Pres 



ESTABLISHED 1883 




ALL GR/DCS CF 

Raltan, Rawhide, and 
Whalebone Whips 

SOLE MAKERS OF THE 
POPULAR 

"Fealherbone" 

"Anli-Whalebone" and 

"Rubber-Bone" 

Whips 




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"GIT" 

MANUFACTURING COMPANY 

92 Franklin Street 

uiiimenced business in 1909, with a capacity of alioiil SOD cans 
of Soap per day. 

rade has been extended to where practically all good n-and-lo- 
cent stores hantlle this item, making necessary an average 
daily output of 4500 cans. 

his firm lately added a Scouring Soap to their list and are manu- 
facturing "Adam's Mineral Soap," the well-known brand 
that has been on the market the past forty years. 



Crushed Trap Rock 



FROM OUR 



Trap Rock Quarries atWestfield,Mass. 



Furnished in suitable sizes for Concrete Work of al 
kinds. Macadam Roads and Driveways 







)eli\eries locall\- 1)\ auto truck; also delivered by 
rail to all points on B. cK: A. R. R., and 
N. Y., N. II. .K: H. R.R. 







JOHN S. LANE & SON, inc. 



Box 125, Westfield, Mass. 



Phone-Westfield 630 



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The Robinson Reminder 

*'Tear out when attended to." 
"Live notes only." 

The Roliinson licminder has become well known 
;i!l over the United States, England, Kranee, 
Spain. Holland, South America, Cuba, and the 
Philippine Islands. 

Ten years ag() the Robinson Reminder was just 
an idea, conceived by Mr. Robinson for his own 
practical use in business; his friends recognized Its value, too. So extremely useful did 
it appear that Mr. Robinson thought other business men and women would appreciate it. 




Therefore, the idea of 
ered, plannecJ. an<l 
went fast — first as a di- 
but socm business people, 
inquiring for it at sta- 
tising was sinking in; cu- 
telling ; salesmen were 
became a firmly -estiib- 
specialty in all stationery 
by mail. 

Our Government sent 
Reminders to France dur- 
in daily use by many 
ments today; several 
the Philippines. Most 
porations are large buy- 
concerns, and thousands 

Robinson Reminders hav 



not a mere diary or notebook — but a real efficient 
memory jogger that is saving thousands of dollars 
for business men and women, year in and out. 

They are sold in several varieties of fine quality 
leather cases — some with four coupons to the page. 
called "vest pocket size," others with six coupons, 
for a coat pocket, and a special three coupon size in 
dainty designs for ladies. 



MANUFACTURED BY 

Robinson Manufacturing Company 



WESTFIELD, MASS. 



advertising was consid- 
started; it went, and 
rect-by-mail proposition; 
men and women, began 
tionery stores; theadver- 
mulative results were 
taken on until, finally, it 
lished and fast-selling 
stores as well as direct 

thousands of Robinson 
ing the war; and they are 
(lovernment depart- 
thousands were sent to 
of our great business cor- 
ers. as well as smaller 
of individuals, too. 
developed to be a nationally-known efficiency reminder — 





Westfield-McClure Laboratories 

WESTFIELD MASS. 

Analytical, Research, and Consulting Chemists 



LEWIS B. ALLYN, CHIEF CHEMIST 








ACCURATE. DEPENDABLE ANALYSES 

(if nationally advertised fond products, clearly expressed and fearlessly stated, have 
niaiie the Westfield-McClure Laboratories the most widely known Food Laboratories 
in the United States. The We.stjield Standard for Pure Foods, Beverages, Toilet 
['reparations, etc.. is the recognized Standard, world-wide. 

IN INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL RESEARCH 

the WesttieliLMcriurf Laboratories, with their expert stalf and modern scientific 
apparatus, are especially equipped for solving general manufacturing problems in 
applied chemistry, such as de rvlopi ng form ulas, improving quoliiy of products, stand- 
tirdization, and lou-ering rost.^. 

BACTERIOLOGICAL AND METALLURGICAL DE- 
PARTMENTS ARE ALSO MAINTAINED AT THE 

WESTFIELD-McCLURE LABORATORIES 

Telephone 64 WESTFIELD. MASS. Cille,, Bl,^k 



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The Hampden Toy Company 





"T^HIRTY-five years ago, Myron A. Gilman commenced the manii- 
X facture of toys in his back kitchen at 113 Franklin street under 
the firm name of Hampden Toy Company, going on thr road 
limst'lf in the selling of the goods, and then coming home and making 
lu'm up, with which to fill the orders. 

The business proved a successful enterprise from the start and, 
rom its infancy of many years ago, has grown up and developed a 
Hisiness of large proportions, keeping five or six traveling salesmen 
)n the road all the lime, who co\cr the entire country in the selling 
f the company's products. 

We picture above the fliminutive building in which this business 
vas created, together with the prt-sent factory buildings in which it is 
arried on to-da\-. The comi)an>' is also interested in several other 
vood-working jjlants where nuich of its work is gotten out in the rough, 
jreparatory to being sent to the local plant to receive the finishing 



touches before Ijeing shipped to the various towns and cities through- 
out the country. 

The business was established b\' Mr. Culman in lcS84 in the manu- 
facture of toys and arlvertising novelties, and since that time many 
staple articles have been added to the line in the way of folding pocket 
lunch boxes of v-arious kinds and shapes, as well as lunch box kits 
containing vacuum bottles, etc., upon which Mr. ("lilnian has many 
valuable patents. 

The company also manufactures over forty styles of men's and 
women's garment hangers, many of which are inventions of Mr. 
Ciilman, and also controlled by patents in this and other countries. 

The toy end of the business has not been neglected in any way, 
however, and that part of the enterprise is growing bigger and bigger 
every day. It would require much space and many pages to under- 
take to enumerate the many different toys and novelties manufactured 



104 



I)\- lliis priigressi\t' I'oncerii, and it i> an example- of fntirpi'i>e, .iliililv . 
and shrt'wd liusinoss niana^ciiuTit wliiili tarrii's with it an ()l)iect Ii-smhi 
in itself, showing; that from a small, irudc l)ci;inninji has tjrowii np 
and do\i'lo|)('<l a business ol considerable size, gi\ing to tlu- town ,111 
industry of which it may well feel proud. 

The most successful industrial concern of to day is the one ili.ii 
can, at all times and under any state of business afTairs, keep con- 
stantly presenting to the public and its patrons a succession of new 
ideas and something in the way of no\elty and style. The firm, 
indivitlual, or conipan\' that makes this its constant aim and study is 
sure, in the course of time, to create a trade that is hard to lose, no 
matter in what lines engaged, and particularly is this true when some 
special line is manufactured for which the demand must be creali'd. 
To meet the changing \iews of peo|)le who make up the purchasing 
class, a large and extensive \ariety must be |3roduced, and in no line 
is this more fully demonstrated than that turned out by the Hampden 
Toy Company of Westficld, Massachusetts, manufacturers of toys 
and achertising no\elties of all descriptions. This company has 
secured a splendid rei)utation for the production of goods possessing 
much merit and many free selling c]ualities, and there is certainly no 
more (irogressi\e concern, or one in which the trade places more con- 



lidcnce in tin- iiii.ilily of goods produced, than the Hanipdi-n Toy 
t '(imp,in\ . 

Mr. ('.ilman is n(H onl\- .i practical man, Init possesses much in- 
\enlive ability, as has been shown in the pnxluctitjn of many toys and 
no\elties, as well as staple articles, whose \alue and free selling fea- 
tures are undoubted. 

He is a gentleman of lalter-(la>' ideas and business methods, never 
permitting the company's atTairs to mo\e in a rut, but introducing 
new i)oinls in the management of its alfairs, which, pro[)erly carried 
out, have created a business of unusual growth, and one which is 
classed as a leader in its line. 

The company's success has been pronounced, the goods produced 
of the highest (piality, and its standing among the trade unexcelletl. 

It was nine \ears ago that Mr. Oilman took his son, I, eland M. 
(iilman, into i)artni'rshii) with him, and like his father he has shown 
marked ability in the designing and inxciiting of main' new ideas in the 
toy and novelt>- line. 

We certainly extend to the Hampden Toy Company our most 
hearty congratulations, together with our sincere good wishes for a 
continuation of its prosperity and success. 



OPERATORS OF 
PORTABLE STEAM MILLS 



CORDWOOD, POLES, 
RAILROAD TIES, ETC. 






tfVIE BROTHERS 

W ENGLAND LUMBER 
BOXES AND SHOCKS 




HARD WOOD SPECIALTIES 



WESTFIELD, MASS. 



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i:si.ii>iisii«^<i r»"t<i — 



Manufacturer of Choice Brands of Cigars 
incliiding the fanums 

" PIEHL S OLD HICKORY " 

Known the world over 

rix- ^<■r^sil>l(^ Miiolci- tor .ill iiiiii — llic one civia'' ll>.it is re.iill)' Mijoyed 

.\> Hit- yc.irs roll l.v. Oiilil's ( )lil ini:k..rv n-.f.iins Hw >.inn- iii'Sli >t.ilnl.ir<l 
.IS wIh'm t"ir?*t maniilf.H-tiirHil 



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MASSACHUSETTS 



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®1|^ Attuato IKuttttng OJompang 



MANUFACTURERS Oh 



Ribbed Underwear 



WESTFIELD 



MASSACHUSETTS 



Colonial Art Company 

6 Meadow St., Westfield, Mass. 

Manufacturers of Colaco Brand Barrettes, Hamilton 
Ribbon Holders, and J. B. H. Binders 



MANUFACTURERS OF POPULAR DRINKS, INCLUDING 
THE FAMOUS 

OrangeWhip Grape Smash 



WESTFIELD BOTTLING CO. 



Welch Bros., 



Proprietors 



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The "Planco" Folding Water BucKet 

The most convenient and practical WatLT I'.uckot ev<r 

devised for the Aiitomobilist. 
Folds and unfolds instantly. 
Top shaped to lit the hand. 
Easy to handle when full. 
Easy to pour from. 
Made of heavy waterproof canvas. 
Nothing: to get out of onier. 
Can be carried under front cushion or in door pocket or 

coat pocket. 

Price, 75 cents each 

One of the many artic-les made by 

The Planet Company 

Wext/ield, Mass. 




Size when Folded. 4 x lOx ' ■ in. 



Keep WILLOUEU in your ice chest. 

Carry WILLOUED on your auto trip. 

Insist on WILLOUED at the soda fountain. 

J. W. TRYON & SONS 

Tekoa WILLOUED Brand 

Beverages 

PURE— Made by the Willoued RottlinK Company, at 2 Meadow Street 
in Westfield, "the pure food town." 

SPARKLING — Carbonated scientitically to put new energy into you 
on a sweltering summer day. 

DELICIOUS — Bottled in all your favorite flavors. Sold at high-grade 

soda fountains in the Berkshire foothills. 



Car^ill, Cleveland & Company 

Whip Manufacturers 



177 Elm Street, 
\\i:sTME[.D, Mass.\chusetts. 

SOI.IC M.\NUF.\CTl'RERS OF THE FOLLOWING X.^TION.\LLV KNOWN liK.XNDS: 

RAWHIDES 

THE O K, FLINTSTO.NE, COM.MOX SEN.SE, SH.VEK DoLLAK 

EXTR.\ J.AVAS 

E.^RI.V liIRD, THE QPEEX, STEEL.VLENE, VICTOR STEELl', 

ORGANIZ.ATION: This firm orsani/e.i business at Southfickl, 
Mass., in LS84, under tirm name. Barber, Cargill & Cook. In 
1890 it was moved to Westfield and the firm name changed to Cargil 
Cook (S: Company. In 1<)(),S, Harvey J. Cleveland, who was then 
treasurer and general manager of the Standard Whip Company, be 
rame interested in the concern and the firm name was changed t( 
Cargil], Cleveland & Company. In 1907, the business of .Alfred 
nibble, who was one of the pioneer manufacturers, was purchased 
i^nlaiging the firm's manufacturing facilities. In 1911, the .A. ]. 
Truitt Whip ('iim])any of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was purchase 
and was mo\eil to Westfield and was also consolidated with Cargil 
Clexeland iS: Conipaiu'. 



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WESTFIELD BANKS-The Pride of Every Citizen 

WESTFIELD CO OPERATIVE BANK 

Rooms 7-9, Commercial Block, P^lm Street, VVestfield, Mass. 

Little, H. S. Miller, A. G. Norton, O. E. Parks, G. 



THIS bank was incorporated December 13, 1881, and the following 
officers were elected: President, M. P. Breckenridge; vice- 
president, J. S. Clark; secretary, O. C. Towle; treasurer, David M. 
Chase; attorney, F. W. Fisk; directors, I. N. Weston, George L. 
Danks, E. L. Goodnow, John G. Schmidt, Henry Mullen, H. A. Parsons, 
A. W. Fairchild, H. Westcott, J. A. Lakin, W. C. Clark, Edwin Hedges, 
Charles Hedges. F. W. Fisk, \V. H. Whitney. C. J. Bradley. 

Two hundred and fifty shares were sold at the first meeting. It 
was largely through the efforts of Mr. Breckenridge, who at the 
time was superintendent of the H. B. Smith Company, that this 
bank was organized. 

Mr. O. C. Towle. who was elected secretary of the organization 
and afterwards secretary and treasurer, served until December, mOO, 
when J. H. Clark, the present treasurer, was elected secretary and 
treasurer. 

The following persons have served as officers of the bank since its 
organization: 

Presidents: M. P. Breckenridge, 1881-1896; S. B. Campbrll, 
1896-1898; A. W. Holton, 1898-Feb. 1911; S. B. Campbell, 1911- 
1919. 

Secretaries and treasurers: 0. C. Towle, 1881-1900; J. H. Clark, 
1900-1919. 

Attorneys: F. W. Fisk, 1881-1883; J. R. Dunbar, 1883-1888; 
W. S. Kellogg, 1888-1906; Harold P. Moseley, 1906-Sept. 1916; 
F. A. Ballou, 1916 1919. 

The present officers of the bank are: President, S. B. Campbell; 
vice-president, G. E. Shcpard, Jr.; treasurer and clerk, J. H. Clark; 
assistant, R. J. Tubbs; attorney, F. A. Ballou; directors, N. S. 
Barnes, S. B. Campbell, R. T. Carrier, J. H. Clark, C. H. Cooley, Jr., 
T. J. Cooley, H. S. Eaton, I". N. Gibbons, H. W. Kittredge, Thomas 



E. Shepard, Jr., 
F. E. Tibbals. 

The first annual statement of the bank showed assets of $4,792.14, 
members 112; statement of October, 1891, assets $137,000, members 
487; statement of October, 1901, assets 8184,000, members 442; 
statement of October, 1911, assets $433,126.47, members 1003. 

Statement of May, 1919: 

Assets 

Loans on Real Estate, $759,67.S.OO 

Loans on Shares, 34,178.00 

Expense Account, 1,767.31 

L'npaid Interest Account, 3,598.25 

Liberty Bonds, 41,000.00 

Cash on hand, 10,894.69 



Ll\bilities 
Due Shareholders, 

Interest, Fines, and Withdrawal Profits, 
Forfeited Share Account, 
Matured Share Account, 
Matured Share Certificates, 
Due Borrowers, 
Guarantee Fund, 
Surplus, 



$851,113.25 

$740,087.29 
19,964.19 
119.80 
1,000.25 
48,600.00 
4,600.00 
15,962.29 
20,779.43 



$851,113.25 
Members, 1342. Shares in force, 13,052. 

Dividends ha\e been paid to shareholders at the rate of 5j% for 
the past fifteen years. 



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The Hampden National Bank 



Westfield, Massachusetts 



OrKanized as a State Bank 

1825 



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CHARLES J. LiniR, PresidenI 

JAMES NOBLE. JR.. Vice President 




Incurpurated as a National Bank 



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LEWIS C. PARKER. Qshier 
CHARLES E. AVERY. Assi Cashier 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS: 





GAMALIEL E. AUSTIN 


EDWARD T. FOWLER 


JAMES NOBLE. JR. 


LEWIS C. PARKER 


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WM. K. BUSCHMANN 


EDGAR L. GILLETT 


ORVILLE R. NOBLE 


OREN B. PARKS 


1 




JOHN P. FOGARTY 


CHARLE.S J. LITTLE 


FREDERICK L. PARKER 


WILLIAM T. SMITH 


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THE 



First National Bank of Westfield 

No 190 

^-^HE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF WESTFIELD, No. 190. the Old- 
^i^ est National Bank in the Commonwealth, was organized Feb. 2rt, 1<S6,3, with 
7] Charles A. Jessup as President, and George L. Laflin as Cashier, the latter 
^^T^ being shortly succeeded by Henry Tlooker, who was Cashier until 1895. 
Charles A. Jessup, George L. Laflin, Cutler Laflin, tlerman Latlin and 
Henry Hooker constituted tlie Board of Directors. The capital of the bank was .S75,(K)(). 



In 186.5, it merged with the Westfield Bank, a State insti- 
tution which was incorporated in 1851 with a capital of $160, U(K). 
The capital was increased to ."Si.!!), ( )( )(), which is the present cap- 
ital of the l)ank. The bank also has a surplus and undivided 
])rofits of ."tij-SlVX)!). Its present officers are as follows: S. A. 
Allen, President; Joseph A. Kenyon, Vice-President; Loring 
P. Lane, Cashier. S. A. Allen, Joseph A. Kenyon, Loring P. 
Lane, H. M. VanDeusen, D. F. Doherty, F. R. Parks, Rob- 
ert Gowdy, IIarr>' C. Lane, and Charles B. Warren constitute 
the Board of Directors. 



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Bank 



Incorporated 18^1 



OFFICERS, 1871 

Prfsident — Samuel Horton. 

Trkasurkr — Royal Wellor. 

VlCE-I'RESiDKNTs — Lewis R. Norton, Edwin Smith. Reuben Nolile, Wm. O. Fletcher. 

Clerk — Edward H. Gillett. 

TRi'STEfc^s — Geori^e R. Whitman. Henry Fuller. James H. Morse. Darwin L. Ciillelt, 
Thoma.< Kneil. Alexander MeKenzie. Joseph S. Clark. David ^amberton, Lemuel 
B. Hlood. Merritt VanDeusen, Edson O. Gibbs. John R. Reed, Leroy C. Gillett, 
John Fowler. Phineas Solomon. 

OFFICERS, 1919 
President — Oren B. Parks. 
Treasurer — Harris B. Moulton. 

Vice-Presidents— Chester H. Abbe. Thomas J. Cooley. 
Clerk — Frederick A. Ballou. 
Trustees — S. Augustus Allen, Chester H. Abbe. John H. Ashley, Gamaliel E. Austin. 

William Seth Bush. Sumner B. Campbell. Charles H. Cooley. Thomas J. Cooley. 

Frank S. Dewey, William B. Mahoney. Oren B. Parks. Oren E. Parks, Edwin J. 

Smith. Lewis C. Parker, Harris B. Moulton. 



The Woronoco Savings Rank takos much pride for the part it has 
borne in the upbuilding- of the town. Believing that the bank was 
organized primarily as an institution in the interest of the citizens of 
Westfield, its officers have always endeavored to keep it as such. The 
fact that preference has always been given to local borrowers, regard- 
less of the rate of interest offered by out-of-town borrowers or of con- 
ditions governing the investment market, proves its loyalty to the town. 



Westfield Savings Bank 



ncorporated April 1 6, I655 



GROWTH OF DEPOSITS AND SURPLUS 



















DEPOSITS 


SURPLUS 


December .'Jl. ISliO $ 100,174.37 




December 31, 1870 
















490.702.71 




December 31. IKSO 
















74.5,104.12 




December 31, 1S90 
















1.014.,5.37.9O 


$ .•i.3,344.78 


December 31. 1!HI0 
















1,640,335.09 


99,216.85 


December 31. llKi.^j 
















2,281,777.05 


126,575.24 


December 31, 1910 
















2,889,190.14 


177,069.24 


December 31, linr, 
















3.114,092.93 


305,622.54 


December 31. 1!)17 
















3.66(!,484.27 


365,999.»4 


December 31, 191X 
















3.862,765.24 


418..56301 


April 1.5, 1919. 
















4,176,021.67 


42.5,661.87 



The secret of our success is Service. There is no work so small or 
humble or unpleasant that we won't condescend to do it, if it will help _ 
the peoiile who do business with us. Our incentive is that Bible verse, 
" Whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant." 

President — Lucius F. Thayer. 

Vice-Presidents — Charles F. Austin, Daniel F. Doherty. Joseph A. Kenyon, Harry C. 

Lane. 
Treasurer — George A. Upson. 
Clerk — Harry B. Putnam. 
Trustees — Lucius F. Thayer, Loring P. Lane, Charles F. Austin. Daniel F. Doherty. 

Joseph A. Kenyon. Frank E. Cowle.*. Charles H. Cooley, Jr., Harry B. Putnam, 

Louis M. Fuller. Harry C. I^ane, Thomas J. Dewey, Morrell H. Moore, Harry W. 

Gladwin, Edgar W. Reed, George A. Upson. 
Board of Investment — Lucius F. Thayer, Loring P. Lane. Charles F. Austin. Thomas 

J. Dewey. 
.^uditini; ('OMMirrEE — Loring P. Lane, Charles H. Cooley, Jr., Louis M. Fuller. 



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WORONOAK FARMS CO. 







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1919 



1909 — One Guernsey Cow ; 50 Acres of Land. 

1919 — 135 Guernsey Cattle ; 40 Double Standard Polled Herefords (the only large herd in New England) ; 40 Hogs ; 
Horses ; Operates 1600 Acres of Land ; Employs 20 Men ; Incorporated February, 1917, as 

Woronoak Farms Co., Westfield, Mass. 



The Van Deusen Inn 




Ox Court StRTt is situated Wcstricld's most inlluculial iiolcl, 
"Tlic Van Deusen Inn." Cosy and li(iniclil<e, it is the yearly 
aliode of many prominent husint-ss men and women of the town. 

In I'Ml, ronstiiution was started by Henry M. Van Deusen and 
his son, Spenrer Van Di'usen, and after several years ot hard work on 
tiieir |)art, with a large force ol workmen ihis connnodious structure 



was at last linished in \')\^, and stands as ,i memorial to Mr. \'an 

1 )eusi-n's remark.ilik' career as a business man and whip manufacturer. 

Many of the sons and daughters of old \\'estfield, who live afar, 

are writing for reserxation of rooms at the Imi. knowing that while 

tlie\ .ire then- the\' will iVel at all times .is much at home at thi^ hotel 
as though lhe\- were once more in their homes ut long ago. 



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WELCOME TO WESTFIELD 




E TAKE PLEASURE in extending our welcome 
to you. Our business was founded by Mr. Thos. 
.1. Cooley in 1881, at the corner of Church and 
Elm Streets. Mr. Charles E. Cooley became a 
partner in 1888, and the business was moved to its present 
location in Parks Block, under the name of Cooley Brothers. 
Upon the death of Mr. Charles E. Cooley, in 1912, Mr. 
Luther E. Hollister became a partner, and the firm name 
has since been The Cooley Brothers Company. 

If we may be of any service to you during your stay in 
Westfield, we will consider it a pleasure. 



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The Hickey-Freeman Company 
Hart, Schaffner & Marx 
Dunlap & Company 
The Knox Hat Company 
The John B. Stetson Company 



Cooley Brothers Company 



Clothiers 



Hatters 

Since 1881 



Furnishers 



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HOTEL BISMARCK 

TTOTKI. lUsMARCK. Depot Square. 
•*- '^ stands as a monument to John C. 
Huschmann's successful enterprise and re- 
markable ability as a business man. Born 
March 14. IS-i-l. he gained what education 
he had by personal application, hartl work, 
and perseverance. 

In 1860, Mr, Huschniann established the 
wholesale tobacco business that has ever 
since borne his name. In the early sixties 
he bought what was known for many years 
as The Railroad House, and which he con- 
ducted along with a coal. wood. ,ind ice 



JOHN C. BUSCHMANN 




THE BUSCHMANN WAREHOUSES 



business. Mr. Huschmann was a member 
of the Rough and Ready V'ik Company. 
which for many years was the pride of 
,ill Westfield. 

In l''t«i the Bismarck Hotel was opened" 
giving Westfield its finest and most mod- 
ern hotel — the hotel being conducted by 
1 homas M. Buschmann until his death on 
January 12, l'.)n,S. I-'rom that time on the 
r.i^in.uck llotrl has been run by August 
Buschmann & Co., and considered West- 
field's most up-to-date hotel. 



BUSCHMANNS FIRST HOTELj 
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Pres. andTreas., H. S. EATON General Manager, F, J. HALLBOURG 



H. S. EATON CLOTHING CO. 

Men's and Boys' Outfitters 



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operators of Twenty-Seven Stores 



Began business in Westfield March 1, 1S<)(), in the Lane & Loomis Block under the firm name 
of Brigham, Eaton & Co. Moved to more commodious quarters in the Lakin-Hall Block in 
1(S97, and in 1*X)4 incorporated as the H. S. Eaton Clothing Company. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 



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Ilearn & Company 




COLIMBI'S Bl ILDING 



P'^ R( )M a small and LinpntuiUiDUs beginning, the business now 
known as Hcarn & Company, which was started in 18'X? by John 
J. Hearn, has grow'n to be one of the leading Home Furnishing houses 
in Western Massachusetts. 

On March 6, 1900, the co-partnership of Hearn & Co was fcirnud 
and Philip O'Meara became associated wilh John J. Hearn in the 
business. 

Gradually outgrowing its old quarters on School street the firm 
acquired, in 1912, the property at the corner of Him and Thomas streets 
and erected thereon the handsome four-story Columlnis Building, 
which is. an ornament to our leading business street, and one of the 
finest mercantile establishments in this section of the state. 



Hearn & Co. occupy the 'greater part of the building and carry .i 
high-grade stock of Home Furnishings including a splendid assortment 
of Standard Furniture, Rugs, and Draperies. 

They are agents for Glcnvvood Ranges, Whit t.ill Rugs, Giobe- 
\\'irnickc Sectional Bookcases, and other nationally kno\vn lines. 

Their honorable business methods have won for them cm i - 
increasing {)ublic confidence, bringing each year not only a larger 
\olume of Westfield tradi', but .i liljeral patronage from surrounding 
cities and towns. 

Westfield is to bi' congratulatid upon ha\ing a store of this char- 
acter which ranks with [the best in cities manv times larger than 
Westfield. 



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PROPR/ETOR^ 

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Office Room 9 Gillett Bio 



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JJark W. -Mlcii 



xdom !). (lilklt'- !)l(tck 



All I'oniiv (il liwiniiKi' ami Real iistatc 
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IIJS GKNKRAL HARDWARE STORE was 
established March 15, 1872, by David Eaiiibertoii 
and E. D. Loomis. After three months, Mr. 
Laniberton sold his interest to Mr. Loomis, who 
loiidui led the Ijusiness for twelve years, then selling to 
\V. H. Wolcott and C. E. Williams. Later, Mr. Woleott 
sold his interest to Mr. Merritt Van Deiisen. In April. 
18*^n, the business was bought liy Gladwin and Noble Bros. 
Later, Mr. James R. Gladwin continued the business alone 
until his death 

HAMILTON cV- ATWATHR 



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HAVE HAD THEIR PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED AT 
THE T.J. DEWEY JR &. CO.S DRUG STORE 

JITH THEIR EXTENSIVE STOCK OF DRUGS, CHEMICALS AND PHAR- 
MACEUTICALS. COMBINED WITH AN INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE 
AND FACILITIES FOR DISPENSING, THE PUBLIC IS ASSURED 
OF THE HIGHEST GRADE OF PRESCRIPTION WORK ♦ A RELIABLE 
PLACE FOR ANYTHING THAT IS TO BE HAD IN A FIRST-CLASS DRUG 
STOR E 

11'. J. DIvWl'Y, JR, S^. CO. 



MILTON H PLUMMER. PH G, PROPRIETOR 



124 ELM ST. 



WESTFIELD 



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WK ARB NOW^ I'RBI^AREO TO FURNISH 

ElesfepisitiY and Gas in h&iF§e Quantities 



AI^HO HA\ I<: ox I TAXI) A (UX)!) ^'lOCK OF" 






Gas Stoves, Water Heaters, Gas Irons, Burners, 

Globes, Shades and Mantles 

ElGGtPic Lsomps, Irons, Fans, ffiotops, and VoGuum GlcancPS 

ORDBRS DELIVERED WORK OUARANXEED PRICES RIQHT 

Westfield Gas & Electric Lio-Tnt Works 



116 Elm Street 



Phone 900 



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WM. F. UVMAN 



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itfleld. 



Oldest Insurance Office in Westjield 

Estahlishcd ISSO 



TIMK THIKI) 



FIHK TKHTKII 




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. J. i^nyrni^E-m-^ WOOD 

No. 2 Main Street 



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:WESTFIELD: 



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Kenyon 




Prest. and Treas 


,illie S. Lilley 




Clerk 


DIRECTORS 


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Kenyon 


,. S. 


Lilley 


'. L. 


Morse 


.T. 


Chapman 




€) 



A^nes H. Leonard 

Bookkeeper 



Frank W. Cushing 
Stanley M. Healey 
Alfred Schiep 
Hugh M. Oonohue 
Jozcf Niemiec 
FrLinkE. Rathbone 
Edw'd P. MacKay 



Established by C. K. Lambson 
ISBO 



]oiise FuiDisHeis and OQdeitaKers 



Parks .. 
Block 




Westfield, 
Mass. 



ESTABLISHED 1885 



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Westfield's Leading Dry Goods and Garment Store 

The thirty-four years of unbroken success of this store is unquestionably due to its 

fixed purpose of giving the greatest possible return for the money 

in good taste and honest merchandise. 

Experience and observation have given us an intimate knowledge of the requirements 

of the women of this region — so that our patrons come here with the full assurance of 

finding that which pleases them best. ... This is a store of standard service — a store 

you can always depend upon for service and satisfaction. 



AUSTIN BROTHERS 



PRENTISS, BROOKS & CO. 
Reliable (irain Dealers 



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Great River Mill 



Nearly a quarter century ha? elapsed since this firm estal)- 

lished a branch in \\ estfield. Their store and office are 

on Broad Street and iiristmill at Depot Square. 

Their lame for reliability and fair dealin.L;, so long estalilishcd 

at Holyoke — their heatlquarters — folKnvs through 

all their branch stores. 

We in\ite people from the farming communities around us 
to make our store their headquarters while in town. 



W. A. SMITH, 



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In February, 1913, I started in business on a sewing table in 
my bedroom. At that time I was living on a farm, two miles from 
a \illage. Tliat year I had 4(1 customers. 

To-day we are located in the building pictured above. Can 
you believe it ? We now, on our list, have .S(I,(H)(J customers. 

Wouldn't you like to take a look around our ofifice ? We 
shall be mightily pleased to see you and show you how we do 
business. 

\\ hen may we e.xpect you r 



Arthur T. 'White, - Masmncftlru^iinM^ 

XOHl.K A\K\LK. WESTFIKLI). 



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MOSELY& MASCHIN 



■ L\CORPORA TED- 



Arlliur C. Moaely, President 



George L. Maschin, Treasurer 



Plumbing, Steam, and Hot 
Water Heating 



Hot Air Furnaces 



Sheet Metal Work 



Electric Wiring, Fixtures and Specialties 

19 SCHOOL STREET 

WFSTFIELD. MASS. 



j^TT Arthur C. Mosely, President af this Corporation, has hern ennaged in the Flitnihiiuj, 
^*i-^ Heating, and Sheet Metal Business in this town si7ice 1S93, and combined his busi- 
ness with that of'Daniel L. Hood, of i? Main Street, in 1909, forming the present 
Corporation in connection with George L. Maschin, who had been iritli Mr. Hand for 
eight years. Prompt service at reasonable prices is the aim of this rorporation . Phone. 




Smith Feed Company 



Wlwlesale and Retail 
Dealers in 



Flour, Grain, Hay, Straw, and 
Poultry Supplies 



THOMAS STREET 



WESTFIELD, MASS. 



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^CARS 






A Corner in Fuller's Antiquarian Shop 




where "open house" will be held, during the 

Anniversary, for the relic-lover. 

All welcome ! 

A Place of Interest to All 

158 Franklin St., Westfield, Mass. 



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G. S. REED CBb SON 



130 ELM STREET 



A/^estfield s Oldest Shoe 

Store 



The business was founded in 1876 by the late 

S. C. Hall, and was acquired by 

G. S. Reed Feb. 16, 1884 



AS BEEN CONTINUOUSLY CONDUCTED AS 
MEDIUM AND HIGH-GRADE SHOE STORE 



^ M. R. KING ^ 

Cash Department 
Store 



ESTABLISHED BY L. B. BLOOD, 1844 GV^ 



HEADQUARTERS FOR LIVE BUYERS 

Moderate Prices 

Featuring the very best numbers 
Dozens of lines of Dry Goods, etc. 

What you need when you need it 
Quality considered you pay less at 



M. R. KING'S 



60 NORTH ELM STREET 



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LOOMIS BROTHERS 

W. B. Loomis R. C Loomis D. H, Loomis 

Direct descend jnlb of Thomas Loomis, who sellled in VV indsor, Conn., in ll) 10 



COMMERCIAL BLOCK 

Corner of Klin and .Sdionl Strt-ets. tlu- iipstiiirs ul wImlIi ums formerly the I-'irsi 

M. K. Clmrcli, the yrouml tloor lieinu rented .is a ^^rocery store .since IS.'.S — 

now occupied liy the leading dealeis in 1 lii;li-Grade Groceries. 



CASH STORE 



Loomis Brothers 



24 Elm Street 



Westfield, Mass. Telephones 234, 235 

^b I'il ilHeu's Tralrrnnl iKrciilciil ^Ksscitinli 

i^niur CDftirr - - ^^^litfi^l^. UtaHHarliuartta 

3liULir|iitrulrft Aiiijutit -I. IBB7 



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*trkttrB8 SJttiuni Dralli 



Total benefits paid, over 
Surphis to policyholders, o\er 



i4.SO,(H)0.llO 
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Mhij ttfll rarni i\aur titiutrattrc tit a rorritltrl& nmtpaitn ' 



KitliKkT C.DWDY, Secretary and Treasurer 



Westfield Tire & Rubber 
Company 



The lirst .\ut() .Acccs.sorics and \'ulcaiii/iii'^ Business 

cstablislu'd in WcstficId 

March 25, V)\.^ 



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JAMES H. WHITTEMORE 

Real Estate and General Insurance 

Agent for Lexonite Plastic Asbestos hoofing 
Compound 

Office opened in the fluliand Building Januar> (>. 1919 



Mr. \\ hitteinore came to Weslluld in r)()6 as Asst. Supt. for the Metropolitan 
IJfe Insurance Co. He held several positions with the Metropolitan, and was 
promoted to Deputy Supt. early in 19III, and resigned in December, I9IS, to 
enterthc Real Kstatc liusiness. His sons, Howard M. and Harold Whittemore, 
will be associated with him in the liusiness. 

Twenty sales have already been made in the first twenty weeks in busi-ness. 



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Established August 30, 1913 

CELEBRATING OUR SIXTH ANNIVERSARY AS A 
LEADING SHOE STORE OF WESTFIELD 

Linehan's • Boot Shop 



92 Elm Street - Oowdy Block 



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lothing (S Men's Furnishings 



36 Elm Street, Westfield 



THE STORE THEY TALK ABOUT 



JOHIN R. KlING 

266-268 Elm Street 

Meats, Groceries, Fish, Fruits and 
Vegetables 

Everything Good to Eat 



JOHIN R. KIING 



EInn Cycle & Auto Supply Co. 



J, R. K\ itEky 



Wm, H. Yeliriek 




" The Store on the Square " 

Harley Davidson Motorcycles 
Pope Bicycles 

VULCANIZING 

Lawn Mower Sharpening 
Acetylene Welding General Repairing 

Goodyear and Beacon Service Station 

FREE AIR 



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24-30 SCHOOL STREET 



WESTFIELD, MASS. 



R. T. CARRIER- 



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DEALER IN 



High-Class Meats, Groceries ^^ Provisions 

Native Veal, Poultry, and Vegetables 

Fre* Delivery to All Sections 



R. T. CARRIER, - Quality at the Ri^.ht PnW 
Phone 729 53 ELM STREET 



JM7VTES H. CLARK 

General Insurance Agency 



ELM STREET 7 WESTFIELD 

ROOMS 7-9 COMMERCIAL BLOCK 

Tnis Agency commencetl business March I. 1898. as Clark 6" Savery 

(James H. Clark and James R. Savery). In December, 1899. 

Mr. Clark purchased Mr. Savery s interest, and has 

since conducted busmess m his own name. 

The companies represented by the Agency include the largest and most 
reliable in the various lines of insurance with combined assets totaling 

OVER $130,000,000 



NASH'S BAKERY 

R. NASH, one of tne oldest merchants in town, 
located here in 1871, on Main Street, and in 
1877 moved on to Broad Street. In 1909 he 
sold the property to the Government, on which part of 
the Post Office Is now built; Mr. Nash then hunt a new 
Bakery on Dudley Avenue, where he is now located. 




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UNITED SHOE ^ REPAIR CO. 




Just Like Putting Money 
In the Bank 

ns we save dollars fnr ymi on all repaii" 
wiirk. A^'ents for 

Needham Tires 

a liiijli-trrade, liaiid-niade tire, which is 
<;iiaranteed for 5,000 miles — a tire which 
hi.ilds the Government O. K. on contract. 



J. H. POWER 



COLUMBUS BUILDING, WESTFIELU 

Women's. Misses' and Children's Garments 



Suits, Coats, Dresses, Skirts, Waists 
and Furs 

Villi arc ahsiiliitcly siiri- of hiidint,' what ynu want at the 
right price at 

THE J. H. POWER STORE 

W'estfii-lcl's Fashion Center 



APOTHECARY HALL 

1'. \. HALL, Proprietor 

The Drug Store On The Square 



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IVyvlR. HALL bought the Henry Holland Pharmacy in September, 1906, and 
■Ail was located in the Holland Block for five years. ... In 1911 the Gillett 
^^■^ Block on the corner of Elm and School Streets was bought by Mr. Hall 
and the Pharmacy was moved into that locaticn. ... The store has carried on 
the Holland standard of the Best in Drugs and allied lines, and given the best 
possible service to an ever-increasing and appieciati\e patronage. ... This 
modern Pharmacy is entitled to a visit from all former Westfield residents, who 
will enjoy the distinctive service it gives. 

APOTHECARY HALL, h- n. hall, Pro,>rietor 

The Drtig Store On Ihe Stiuare REXALL Agency 



F. P. Rohpttf g,^ 



||N l'>14, F. P. ROUETTE 
established on Church St., 
a store for the sale of Automo- 
bile, Motorcycle and Bicycle 
Supplies. He also acts as agent 
for Columbia Bicycles and In- 
dian Motocycles. 

After sex'enteen years with the 
Westfield Manufacturing Co. as 
an expert mechanic, Mr. Rouette 
is capable of handling 

ALL KINDS OP REPAIR WORK 




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THE PRESCRIPTION STORE 

Edward G. Crotty 

40 ELM STREET WESTFIELD. MASS. 

This store was opened as a Drug Store by Eavvard G. Crotty, a graduate 
of the H. Holland Store, on February 16, 1911. The site was (ormerly 
the shoe store of B. F. Lewis ©'Son, and later taken over by H. R. Smith 
with the same line. Alter the death of Mr. Smith, it was opened as an 
ice cream parlor and confection store and continued as such until 1911, 
when it opened as a Drug Store with a full line of Drugs, Chemicals, and 
: Drug Sundries, Ice Cream, Soda and Cigars 


EUY & ELY 

Attorneys 

WESTFIELD SPRINGFIEI D 


The Woronoco Construction Co. 

General Contractors 


TWENTY-TWO YEARS AGO 

CLARESCE E. HUBBARD 

STARTED BUSINESS IN WESTFIELD 

For many years he ran a bakery and restaurant. At the present day 

Mr. Hubbard runs Westfield s foremost Grocery and Provision 

Store. He specializes in Catering to Parties. 

Hubbard s Cask Grocery Store 


102 ELM STREET WESTFIELD, MASS. 


School Street. WestiielJ 



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Telephone 1^2 



WESTFIELD. MASS. 




HH "old stand," 
of thirty years of 

' business, extends 
o one and all its greet- 
ngs, in full measure for 
he loyalty shown. 

Yours respectfully. 




FKCffi) So WA&mm 



■.3 ELM STREET 



WESTFIELD, MASS, 




(Siooers) (S^mrmm 



21 ARNOLD STREET 






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GOODYEAR S E. R \^ I C E STATION 



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p'^-vt-» ^^i\ ^^ ^^iW^ *'■ ''''^''^' I"'-''" roiifrilmliiXj lo llu; .il- 

■ ^' t ^' * OCll r» fra<tiven«!.sis<>f WdsN-.rn Miissix-luisott!* 

Ikiiiics I>) Hi<: inl<^lli';;rnt tisr. of 

Pkints, Shrubs, Nines 
and Trees 

< >iii' rSiirsrr>' lis lo<-.t li-(l oil I III- <>!<( St t'lilif rt I l.irrist >n l-.i rtii, loriiii-i*l\' owiictl 
l>> I'Imhii.i> Mohir, Ihim*:; Mm- lliirt) ^{r.inl ••) l.iiiil 
from ?>|>rin'^t irid in I i»(> f 

J. W. Adciins Nursery Compciiiy 



TrU'lilioix'. I'ivc.r I4.'» 



ShikI for Citalo^i 



PETER JENSEN 8* CO. 

Always on ^^| \\\v. S^yyuwv- 

why? 

KK( AC^SF ^ **'"* '^^^**'**' '*' **" P<>''l< Square 
l"S(inar<' Dt'.aliu^" is our Motto 

Wo st.iinl rc..nl> to Mi|>|)l) ><><ir r.xor) n<<<l in Mivjii <,>tijlity 

M<u»ts, Cinx^c.ric.s and Prox'isions u^ All Kinds 

<>rd<'.rs li>- fflfphoni- or in [xrson prompMy lilh-d 



PETIiR |EN*>I:N iV CO.. 



Main Strcef. VVestfi«-.l<l 




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Wi^stficdd's F><.lial)l<' Sh<><^ St<»rc 



BI^PUTATION of lliis store lias hf.cn Ixiill on lli<>. un.swerv- 
in<} ithuivaVjc to tlic. line, of <.)uality. Kvcry pair of shoes you 
l)uy hcr<; is from niak«-.r.s of assur«;<l int«'.<jrity. We. hiiy from 
houses upon H-honi we liave h;arne<l, throuijh years of experient-e, t<> 
(h^pe.nd for I'ootwear tliat will stand u|) in scrvicu'. in e.very detail 
of le.allier an<l inakinv;. 



D. F. McCALL 



KM) Fhu St. 



WFSI FIKLI) 



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The Thrift Car 



rHE outstanding automobile 
feature of today is the saneness 
in the use of cars. 
This is aptly illustrated b)' the fact 
that more than lOd.dUU Model 90 cars 
have already been put to work by 
responsible citizens. 

Vou too can practice the thrift 
spirit and still benefit by motlern 
motor car accommodations and con- 
veniences by ordering your Model 
90 at once. 

firr Puintso/ Oterlani 5i.p«Tio»ify 

Appearance, Performance, 
Comfort, Ser'Ace and Price 

|.»oi— / n 6. ToUU 



BAILEY GARAGE 



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Corner Main andMechanic Sts., Westfield, Mass. 
TAXI SERVICE Telephone 385 




jN I'XnRAV L.BARTLEXT opened a General Insurance and 
Keal Estate Office at his present location, 106 Elm Street. Since that 
lime he has sold more than four hundred pieces of real estate, and 
liuilt up one of the largest general i-nsurance agencies in town. He 
writes fire insurance policies for the Sun Insurance Office (the old- 
est insurance company in the world), and such well-known old American 
companies as the Aetna Fire Insurance Co. , and Automobile Insurance Co., 
of Hartford; the Fire Association and County Fire Insurance Co., of Philadelpliia; 
tlie Mercantile Insurance Co. of America, and the Detroit F. & M. Insurance Co. 
He has huilt up a large automobile liability business and for that class of insur- 
ance represents the Aetna Life Insurance Co., the Aetna Casualty and Surety 
Co., Maryland Casualty Co., and Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Co, 



A COxMPLETK LINE OF 

I 'lire Drug's, Toilet Articles, Perfumer>', Patent Med 
icines and Sickroom Supplies 

Whitman' ^ Chocolate, Etc. c »uick and Courteous Service. 



EDWARD II. HULL 



l.SO YAM STREET 



This stnrc was established (mtv-tli 



LEVEILLE'S WELDING SHOP 

.1. D. LEVEILLE, Prop. 

.\utomol)ile and General Repairing 
of all kinds 

2 Mi: A DOW STREET 

Telephone IH'M WESTFIELD, MASS. 




134 



Since 1813 this Store has been the Trading Center of Westfield and Neighboring Towns, and Occupies 
Its Original Location in the First Brick Business Building Erected in Westfield. 



ISl.J 

Over One Hundred Years 
The Trading Center 

UMi) 



Snow & Hays Company 

The Reliable Store 



1 s 1 ;j 


Over One Hundred Years 


The Trading Center 


11)1 J) 



We Extend a Most Cordial Invitation to Every Visitor in Westfield to Visit This Store, which has been 

the Home Store for Over Hundred Years. 



Fifty-two Years of Honest Dealing in One Location. Con- 
stantly Progressing, we Solicit your Patronage. 

S. 5. CONNER 

STATIONEE AND NEWSDEALER 

Office and School Supplies. Sporting and 
Leather Goods 

Publishers' Agent for Newspapers and Magazines. 

34 Elm Street. Next door north of First National Bank 



1Q07 1919 

James H. Nicholas - Florist 

STORE, 10 ELM ST. - GREENHOUSES, li-l? BROOKLINE AVE. 
VVESrFIiri.l), MASS. 




13.5 



THE WOMAM'S SHOP 




RIGINALLY founded in 1885 by Albert 
Steiger and the late Ralph D. Gillett, 
doing- a general dry goods business under 
the firm name of Gillett & Steiger. Its 
career is generally considered as remark- 
ably interesting, as it was in reality the 
lirth of the Steiger System of stores, to-day one of 
he largest and most successful retail dry goods 
lusinesses in the East. Mr. Steiger has always 
aken a deep per.sonal interest in this s.tore, as it 
/as his initial venture into business. 

The Woman's Shop is indeed fortunate in being 
fiiliated with the Steiger System, which, through 
s tremendous purchasing power, enjoys an un- 
sually advantageous position in the world markets. 

Please consider this a personal invitation to 
isit this shop and avail yourself of its numerous 
vantages. 

THE WOMAN^S SHOP 

/omen's and Misses' Smart Apparel 
WESTFIELD 



iIMp C. Stelgrr, Prr-sl<lcn( 



Grace H. Beals, Treasurer 




STEICER SYSTETV^ STORES: 



LF.ERT STEIGER CO., 
)()LE DRY GOODS CO.. 
)IJRT SQUARE STORE. 
STEIGER & CO.. 



Springfield, Mass. 

Springfield, Mass. 

Springfield, Mass. 

Holyoke, Mass. 



STEIGER -DUDGEON CO New Bedford, Mass. 

STEIGER-COX CO Fall River, Mass. 

STEIGER -St'HICK CO Port Chester, N. Y. 

THE WOMAN'S SHOP, Westfield, Mass.,— and more to follow. 



i.-i. 



Arthur E. Green 
&Co. 




INSURANCE 



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GowAy Block 



Weslileld 



1S77 



THE 



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Westfield Laundry 

was established in 1877 by Mr. H. D. Pease, who moved here from 
Hazardvtlle,Conn., and located at 14 Summer Street. In 1881 he moved 
to the north side of Thomas Street, and later built on the south side of 
Thomas Street. In 1913 a new plant was built at the rear of 41 Jeffer- 
son Street, w^hich is now known as the Westfield Laundry Company, 
J. W. Barnes, President. From 1877 to about 1887 the Westfield Laun- 
dry was the only laundry in Westfield. 

THE WESTFIELD LAUNDRY COMPANY 



Bryan Hard^A/are Company 



I^J^ N the earlier fifties Whitman C& Fletcher conducted a 
I small hardware store on the corner of Elm and Church 
mhh Streets, occupying the Whitman Block. After many 
changes in name, the firm is now kjiown as 
THE BRYAN HARDWARE COMPANY. 
Whitman CSb Fletcher were succeeded by William O. Fletcher, who 
later formed a partnership with L. R. Norton under the firm name 
of Fletcher CSb. Norton. Later, Mr. Norton assumed the entire con- 
trol of the business. 

Years afterward, Bryan CfSi, Gladwin bought out the business of 
L. R. Norton; later, Mr. Gladwin retired from this firm, the busi- 
ness being continued by Mr. Bryan, who afterwards formed The 
James H. Bryan Company, with Fred F. Shepard as manager. In 
1914 it was incorporated as The Bryan Hardware Company, 
with Fred F. Shepard, President, Silas C. Pomeroy, Vice-President, 
and Charles S. Mills, Treasurer. 



We Bryan Hard\vare Company 



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ELM STREET— PAST AND PRESENT 



FHE RELIABLE DRUG STORE 

Headquarters for Page ^ Shaw Candy 
Agents for San Tox Medicines 

G. E. JUDSON = 



6 ELM STREET 



WESTFIELD 



LOUIS M. DEWEY 

GENEALOGIST AND HISTORIAN 

WESTFIELD, MASS. 

Has records of all New England families, and is prepared to furnish pedigrees 
nd Colonial and Revolutionary War Records at reasonable fees. Has had thirty- 
ix years' experience in research and abstract work in all kinds of records. 

Write him for anything in this line. 



— IN 188 7 = - 

W. p. Kyle and William S. Marsh established the Troy Steam 
Laundry, being one of the most reliable laundries in town. William 
S. Marsh, the present manager, has grown up with the business, and 
has brought the plant up from a small beginning to where it is now 

The Leading Laundry 
in Westfield 

"A customer once had is always held," is the motto of this firm. Ex- 
Chief George L. Miner at the present date is No. 2 on the list, 
starting with this concern over thirty years ago. 

TROY LAUNDRY 



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ESTABLISHED TWENTY-THREE YEARS 

JOHN TUCKER & SON 

Merchant Tailors 

ComniLMcial Building Cor. Elm and School Streets 

Our business has come to us by honest dealing 
and fair prices. 


THE PEOPLE'S STORE 

126 Elm Street 

1898 — 1919 

Twenty-one years of business in Westfield completed on 
August 4, 191!). 


R. C. HOLLISTER 

THE 

* ' Hallmark Jeweler ' ' 

88 ELM STREET 

Established IsSi 

Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, and Silverware. Pickard 
Hand-Painted China 

Local Watch Inspectors for N. Y., N. H. & H. Railroad 


KS EIL COAL C0MPA:S Y 

Incorporated November 8. 1905 

ilh ELM STREET 
DEALERS IN 

Coal, Wood and Coke 

PHONE 36 
Yard. Foot of Sibley Avenue 


ESTABLISHED 1914 

The Richardson Electric Company 

Westfield's 
Leading Appliance Store 


F. P. BARBER 
Druggist 

34 North Elm Street Established liMl 



1901 ESTABLISHED IN WESTFIELD 1901 

{ SUCCESS TO WESTFIELD | 

^ and THE CELEBRATION of "^ 

^ OUR 250th ANNIVERSARY is' 



AMES BUTTER STORE 






1919 



FINEST TEA AND COFFFIE 



1 9 1 SI 



riRES 



(Firsts and Seconds) and 



-TUBES 

Clifford Auto Supply Co. 

83 Elm Street 
WESTFIELD, MASS. 

ACCESSORIES VULCANIZING 

JOHN J. McGREEVEY 

Prescription Druggist 



,'orner Orange and Elm Sts. 



VVestfield, Mass. 



BOURASSA & HYDE 

Harness-Makers 

12 Broad Street Established 1880 

We made the first pair of harnesses used tor 



the horse cars in Westfield 



PETER MARICHAK 

Established 1<X)S 
Came to Town of Westfield in the year IS'^6. Started in the 

Grocery and Provision Business 
at East Silver Street 

AND IS STH-I. AT TllK SAMK LOCATION 



SCHERMERHORN'S 


SUPERIOR 


SE 


X FOOD 


Seasunal)le Fisli and Shellfish of (|uality 
and at reasonable |irices 


in ureal variety 


SCHF.RMERHOHN 

S MAIN SrUKKT 


FISH 


COMTAXY 

TKI.KIMIOXK IJ.-i 



B. F. CALLAHAN 

Meat, Fish, and Groceries 

5<S No. Ehn Street EstaWished [')[] 

Formerly nwned by C. 1.. Wund, the jiresent 
iiwner being employed tliere for ten years. 

Compliments of GOLDSTEIN BROTHERS 

la 

Church Street Westfield, Mass. 



140 



BERT S. RANGE 

208 ELM STREET 

Started as a clerk at the same stand 22 years ago, working for J. G. Arthur, George 

Mesick, and F. M. Best & Son. He then formed a partnership known as Crane & Range 

from 1904 to 19o;i, since which time the store has been conducted i>y 

Bert S. Range, who keeps a good line of 

Meats, Groceries, Fish, Vegetables, and Canned Goods 


BAZATA'S BUSIEST CORNER 

KIIK VdlK 

Smokes, Magazines, Confectionery 

Check-Room Telephone Booths 
No. 1 MAIN STREET 


JOSEPH F. GEEHERN 

BOOKS AND STATION KRY 

Columbia Grafonolas and Records 
WESTFIELD. MASS. 


"THE ALQUAT" 

Provides a quiet and homelike stopping-place for the visitor 
during the Anniversary 

VERY ATTRACTIVE RATES 

Corner Washington and King Streets, Westfield 


CUD WORTH'S EXPRESS 

62 -tU School St., Westfit'ld, Ma.ss. 

We are in our 12th year iiandling Furniture and Pianos, Freight 
and Baggage. We employ only men who are thoroughly experi- 
enced in handling these classes of goods, and are in a position 
to guarantee satisfaction. We solicit your orders. 

Phone :n.S-W or ;U8-R 


W. p. CRANE 

Groceries, Meats, and 1^'ish 

Store Established 1896 

Having a reputation of over 22 years of square dealing 
with the ijeojile of Westfield 

13 SCHOOL STREET Telephone 165 


J. M. O'DONNELL'S 

QUALITY MARKET 

MEAT, FISH, AND GROCERIES 
241 Elm Street Phone 894 -W 

Established May 1". 1889 


THE IDEAL BAKERY 

Established 1915 

All Kinds of Cake, Pastry, and Breads 

P.AKING TO ORDER 



141 



The New England Whip Company 




Daniel F. Duherty 

\ SSOCIATED with the history of Westfield is the remarkable 
f\ growth of the New England Whip Company, which has been 
notable and unprecedented, and this company is to-da>- the leading 
roncern of its kind in the world, i)uilt on its own original foundation 
md enterprise, and controlling nearly one-half the entire whip business 

f the United States. 

Organized only about a quarter of a century ago by Eugene Doherty 
tnd Daniel F. Doherty it started operations as the smallest of some 
twenty-odd concerns then engaged in the manufacture of whips, and 
.vhile Westfield was always the center of the whi[i business, still many 

f these concerns were located in other states. 

To-day only a few of these concerns remain and practically none 
lutside of Westfield, so that the entire whip business of the country, 
« to speak, is centered in this town, and Westfield is trulv the "Whip 
"ity" of the United States. 

Through the progressive policy of its management and its manufac- 

ure of highest grade goods, the New England Whip Company has 
established a reputation and character that has successfully secured 

)utinit of its product with the best trade in every part of this country, 
md in many of the foreign countries. 




El(.ene Doherty 

Its factory, shown in the cut on the opposite page, has an average 
daily production of between fifteen and twenty thousand whips, and 
the name of Westfield borne on their lalicls is carried through distribu- 
tion to every city, town, and hamlet in the United States. 

Few people realize that the manufacture of whips involves such a 
wide variety of raw materials, including most of the standard products 
of the Ignited States in its cotton yarns and sheetings, iron spikes and 
loads, copper wires and mountings, together with wood products, 
leather, cornstarch, glue, oils, \arnishes, turpentine, and numerous 
other articles, making a total of over fifty different kinds of raw 
material used in the manufacture of a single whip. From the 
Dutch Indies and other points in the Far East comes its basic raw 
material, rattan, of which hundreds of tons are annually imported, 
and from Calcutta its India Iniffalo hides for its rawhide centers, from 
the Arctic regions whalebone, and it goes to other far parts of the 
world in the importation of articles in its manufacture. 

While motor transportation marks decided effect on the whip 
industry, still the New England Whip Company has passed through 
such transition with constantly increasing business, and to-day holds 
position as one of the important industries of the town of Westfield. 



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JAS.M?KINNON. 

TREASURER 



Makers of 
FINE HALF-TONES 

FOR ALL C07WMERCIAL 
AND ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES 

DRAWING —DESIGNING 
ZINC-ETCHING -ELECTROTYPING 



THE HALF-TONES IN THIS BOOK 
WERE MADE BY US 






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